[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f35r2s46bfxht8":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":13,"source":14,"sourceUrl":15,"sourceUrls":16,"pwnCount":17,"affectedCount":17,"affectedCountStatus":18,"affectedCountLowerBound":19,"affectedCountUnit":20,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":21,"dataClasses":22,"description":30,"seoTitle":15,"seoTitleEn":31,"seoDescription":15,"seoDescriptionEn":32,"logoUrl":33,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":4,"isSpamList":34,"isMalware":34,"company":35},"68e3266eda11adda488253bc","thermomix","Thermomix Recipe World Forum Data Breach","thermomix-recipe-world-forum","rezeptwelt.de","2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","2025-02-06T20:20:40.000Z","2026-07-18T23:59:34.528Z","Third party breach","",[],3123439,"known",null,"unknown","Critical",[23,24,25,26,27,28,29],"Bios","Dates of birth","Email addresses","Names","Phone numbers","Physical addresses","Usernames","\u003Cp>The Thermomix Recipe World Forum data breach is a security incident recorded in January 2025 that affected approximately 3.12 million accounts. In the incident related to the Germany-based Rezeptwelt recipe forum, user profile, contact, and address fields were exposed. This content has been prepared to help users clearly understand which data fields are at risk and which security measures should be prioritized.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A recipe forum may seem low-risk; however, when physical address, phone number, date of birth, and biography fields are combined, there is a personal profile risk. Only verifiable data classes have been used in the text; unverified additional claims, different events, or services with similar names have not been merged under this record. Thus, the explanation remains both useful to the user and a non-misleading assessment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Leaked Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The types of data listed in this incident are: biographies, birth dates, email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and usernames. When address and phone information is combined with a username and forum profile, it can be used for targeted scam messages. Linking multiple fields to the same user can make attackers' attempts at fake notifications, account recovery, social engineering, or identity association more convincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In this record, the password field is not listed; however, persistent personal information such as birth date and physical address carries a long-term risk. If there are fields such as password, password hint, private message, official ID, financial information, location, or profile photo, the risk is not limited only to email spam. Even in records without a password, phone, address, IP, birth date, or social profile information can be used in targeted attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The record covers approximately 3.12 million registered users associated with the domain name rezeptwelt.de. The incident is in the verified record class. Scope; account number, domain name, country, industry, and data classes have been checked separately. Data types not listed have not been shown as if they existed for the user.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The sector has been corrected to a recipe forum and food community. In some cases, there are different contexts such as a company response, third-party service, forum account, newsletter list, or user profile. These records have been separated individually, not duplicated, and the real service context of the event has been preserved.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Thermomix Recipe World Forum users, people who keep their address or phone number in their profile, and those who use the same username in other communities are at risk. The main risk for these users is that the leaked data can be matched with information used on other platforms. If the same email, username, phone number, IP, address, or password is repeated across different accounts, attackers can exploit these common indicators.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The context of food and device communities can be used in fake campaign, service, warranty, recipe sharing, or account notification messages. Different contexts such as forums, games, food recipes, accommodation, energy, event tickets, newsletters, social media, and finance create different risks. The user should consider not only the data fields but also which service these fields are associated with.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Affected users should reduce the profile and contact information on their forum accounts and verify any fake service or warranty messages. If a password or password hint is listed, users should change it on all accounts where they use the same or similar password, use a unique password, and enable multi-factor authentication wherever possible. Email account security should also be checked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Users should check account recovery options, session history, forwarding rules, and suspicious notifications in records containing phone, address, location, date of birth, private message, social profile, or financial information. Individuals with corporate or publicly accessible profiles should also consider the risk of targeted messages and reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Unnecessary address and phone information should not be kept on community forums, and profile fields should be regularly cleaned. In the long term, password manager, unique passwords, multi-factor authentication, closing old accounts, and reducing unnecessary profile information are fundamental defenses. Since permanent personal data cannot be changed, user behavior and account settings should be strengthened.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For institutions, these events show that backup file accesses, forum account permissions, newsletter subscription data, customer data retention periods, and notification processes need to be regularly audited. For users, not repeating the same identity information across different services and verifying unexpected messages through a second channel provides lasting protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>If the user matches this record, they should check their other food, device, and community accounts used with the same email. If a match is observed, the user should first read which data fields are listed, and then prioritize the steps accordingly. If there is a password, changing the password should be prioritized; if there is financial data, account monitoring; if there are private messages or social profiles, privacy checks; if there is location information, physical security assessment should be prioritized.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Final assessment: Although this record does not contain a password, it is a sensitive personal data incident due to the fields of date of birth, phone number, and physical address. The user should compare this record with their account history; they should check separately the services where they have used the same email, phone number, username, address, or password. Any suspicious call, email, message, or account recovery notification should be considered higher risk after the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>","Thermomix Recipe World Forum Data Breach (3.1 Million Reported Records)","Thermomix Recipe World Forum Data Breach. 3.1 Million reported records were reported. 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