61 million records allegedly from Verizon leak online: names, tax IDs, addresses, phone numbers

The cybersecurity team at Safety Detectives has discovered a threat actor offering for sale a database containing 61 million records allegedly belonging to Verizon USA.

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The team of cybersecurity experts has penned a new post that claims online hackers compiled a huge data set containing 3.1GB of reportedly 61 million "Verizon USA" records. The author of the file has dated the information as recently as 2025, suggesting the breach, if it is one, happened relatively recently.

The data set contains information that is sensitive, such as dates of birth, tax IDs, addresses, phone numbers, and full names. As with any breach of this scale, releasing that information would pose a risk to any of the affected individuals for identity theft.

However, Verizon has since contacted TechRadar Pro about the supposed data breach and stated that it has examined the data and found it to be old, unrelated to the company. Currently, it is unclear where or who gathered this data, or if it is newly obtained, meaning whether a breach occurred recently to acquire it, whether from Verizon or another source.

However, in a statement to TechRadar Pro, Verizon doesn't seem worried about it at all, with the telecommunications giant, which has nearly 150 million subscribers, writing, "At this point, there's no need to notify customers and there's no impact to Verizon or its customers."

"We're aware of an issue in which a threat actor posted a data set claiming to that of Verizon customers on the dark web. We have examined the postings and have determined that it is old data, previously posted on the dark web, and is not affiliated with our Company or customers. Additionally, this threat actor recently made similar claims about other large U.S. wireless companies. At this point, there's no need to notify customers and there's no impact to Verizon or its customers," responded Verizon to TechRadar Pro