ApexSMS Spam/Lead Data Exposure
The ApexSMS data exposure is an SMS spam or lead dataset found unprotected in April 2019, not a customer-membership service or a verified company-customer breach.
Exposed Data Types
7- Email addresses
- Genders
- Geographic locations
- IP addresses
- Names
- Phone numbers
- Telecommunications carriers
About This Record
Technical analysis found 80,055,125 raw lead rows, the external source reports 23,246,481 unique emails, and local search contains 23,211,313 records.
The difference between external unique emails and local records is 35,168. Raw rows, emails, phones, people, customers, and consenting recipients are not equivalent measures. Presence in the list does not establish that someone was an ApexSMS customer or consented to messages.
The seven classes are emails, gender, geographic locations, IPs, names, phones, and telecommunications carriers. Passwords, payment cards, bank accounts, government IDs, and full physical addresses are not classes. Fields do not establish co-occurrence, ownership, a SIM change, fraud, or misuse.
SMS links promising loans, money, promotions, carrier action, or account verification should not be used; requests should be verified through an official application or published number. One-time codes and carrier PINs must not be shared.
Verification and editorial method
LeakData compares the incident name, date, affected-record count, and exposed data types with accessible sources. Unverified fields are not presented as facts, and records are updated when new evidence becomes available.
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