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Case file · August 21, 2026

Beauty Success: 5.17 million customers claimed, unconfirmed

A hacker claims over 10.2 million rows, reduced to 5.17 million unique profiles, at French beauty retailer Beauty Success. No confirmation from the retailer to date.

⚠️ Claimed by a hacker, not confirmed by Beauty Success. No public statement from the retailer confirming this leak was found at the time of writing. This case file documents a large-scale claim, not an established fact — but the sheer size of the claimed figure justifies covering it despite the lack of confirmation.

The numbers

10.2M
Raw rows claimed by the hacker "misere" on a criminal forum.
Claim reported, not confirmed by Beauty Success.
5.17M
Unique records after deduplication — the figure most representative of the potential number of distinct customers, per the hacker.
Claim reported, unconfirmed.
4
Data categories in the sample: identity (name), email, complete date of birth, account identifiers.
Sample published by the hacker.
?
Origin of the access claimed by the hacker as coming through a third-party vendor — relationship not independently verified.
Hacker's claim, unverified.

Timeline

CLAIMED
August 21, 2026
A hacker using the alias "misere" publishes a claim on a criminal forum covering more than 10.2 million rows of Beauty Success customer data, reduced to 5,169,727 unique records after deduplication.
UNCONFIRMED
Since
The shown sample combines names, emails, complete dates of birth, customer identifiers and internal account codes. The hacker claims access came through a third-party vendor, a relationship not verified. No public confirmation from Beauty Success has been identified to date.

📊A huge figure, a missing confirmation

With 5.17 million unique records claimed, this leak would, if confirmed, be one of the largest documented on this site for a retail chain. It's precisely because the figure is so large that it deserves documentation — while maintaining the essential distinction: a massive figure claimed by a hacker remains a claim until an independent confirmation exists.

What it changes for you

If you are or were a Beauty Success customer (loyalty card, online purchase, or in-store service), your name, email and complete date of birth could be in this file — pending confirmation. The name + email + date-of-birth combination allows much more precise identification than an isolated email, and facilitates targeted phishing posing as the retailer. See From Leak to Scam.

🔒 Be wary of any email claiming to be from Beauty Success and citing your date of birth or loyalty card number to appear legitimate — that's not proof of authenticity.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Beauty Success leak confirmed?

No, not to our knowledge: it's a claim by the hacker "misere," with no public confirmation from the retailer.

How many people are claimed to be affected?

Over 10.2 million raw rows, 5.17 million unique records after deduplication.

What data is claimed?

Names, emails, complete dates of birth, identifiers and internal account codes.

📌 Last checked: August 21, 2026. Verifiable information to report: contact@egidio.app.

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