Data breaches → Promofarma
Was your data in the Promofarma breach?
2019 · promofarma.com · ~1,277,761 accounts exposedLow severity · 3/10
Promofarma (promofarma.com) suffered a data breach in 2019 that exposed around 1,277,761 accounts. If you had an account, some of your personal data may be circulating in leaked databases. The fastest way to know is to check your own email — free, in about 30 seconds, no password required.
What happened
In August 2019, a data breach from the Spanish online pharmacy Promofarma appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach exposed over 2.7M records and contained almost 1.3M unique customer email addresses. The data also included customer names and was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
Breach details sourced from Have I Been Pwned, the industry-standard breach database. Risk analysis by Nullivo.
What was exposed, and why it matters
Not all breaches carry the same risk — what matters is which fields leaked. Here is what the Promofarma breach exposed and what each item actually enables:
Links this leak to your other accounts — a reused username lets anyone build a profile of you across platforms.
Puts you on spam and phishing lists, and confirms to attackers that you hold an account with this service — which makes impersonation emails more believable.
What to do if you were affected
These steps are ordered for this specific breach — the most urgent action given what leaked comes first.
- Names and usernames: Search your usual username to see what else it exposes, and use distinct handles for sensitive accounts.
- Email addresses: Treat any message referencing this service with suspicion, and never act on links in unexpected emails.
- Check whether your own email appears in this breach — run a free scan to confirm before you spend time on the steps above.
How urgent is this now?
This breach is over 7 years old. Old credentials still cause harm — leaked passwords from a decade ago are still tried against new accounts every day.
Remember: a breach can't be "un-leaked" — once a database is out, it exists in countless copies. The goal is to make the leaked data useless: change what can be changed, lock down what can't, and remove what has been republished.
Frequently asked questions
What data was exposed in the Promofarma breach?
The Promofarma breach exposed names and usernames, email addresses. Links this leak to your other accounts — a reused username lets anyone build a profile of you across platforms.
How many people were affected by the Promofarma breach?
Around 1,277,761 accounts were exposed, making it a large breach.
What should I do if I had a Promofarma account?
Search your usual username to see what else it exposes, and use distinct handles for sensitive accounts. You can check whether your own email appears in this breach with a free Nullivo scan — no password required.
Breaches that exposed similar data
If the Promofarma breach affected you, these breaches exposed comparable information — worth checking too, since leaked datasets are routinely combined.
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