World Check Data Breach History

This page tracks the World Check data breach history and cybersecurity incidents affecting World Check (United States). BreachHistory currently indexes 2 publicly disclosed or catalogued incidents spanning 2016 through 2024, with approximately 7.5 million records reported as exposed across all indexed events. These totals may include overlapping datasets or third-party estimates and should not be interpreted as unique affected users.

The World Check breach timeline includes major data breaches, cyber attacks, data leaks, credential exposures, API abuse, and other security incidents. Each incident provides details on the estimated records exposed, attack method, affected data types, and supporting public sources. Currently, 0 incidents are company-confirmed.

Largest World Check Data Breaches

The largest indexed incidents include the 2024 World-Check — 5.3M records, GhostR, third-party and the 2016 — World Check: 2014 version of World-Check, a database of…. Record counts originating from threat actors or leak sites should be treated as estimates unless confirmed by World Check or a regulator. Below is the list of large data breaches:

• 2024 2024 World-Check — 5.3M records, GhostR, third-party — about 5.3M records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2016 2016 — World Check: 2014 version of World-Check, a database of… — about 2.2M records exposed · Catalogued incident

What Information Was Exposed?

Depending on the incident, exposed data may include Social Security numbers and national IDs, names, bank account details, government ID documents, and other personal information (PII). The exact data varies between incidents, so review each breach page before assuming your information was affected.

World Check Data Breach 2026

At the time of this update, no World Check data breach has been catalogued for 2026. New incidents are added as official disclosures, regulatory filings, or credible cybersecurity reports become available.

What To Do If You Were Affected

If you believe your account may have been involved in a World Check data breach, change any reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), monitor your account for suspicious activity, and be cautious of phishing emails or fake breach notifications.

This World Check breach history is maintained by BreachHistory using public disclosures, regulatory filings, security research, and clearly labelled third-party claims. For the complete breach timeline, records exposed, incident details, and AI Breach Risk Score, explore the sections on this page.