Activision data breach: 16K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-10-03
In December 2022, attackers socially engineered an Activision HR employee into disclosing information which led to the breach of almost 20k employee records. The data contained 16k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, job titles and the office location of the employee. Activision advised that no sensitive employee information was included in the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, job titles, names, phone numbers. The breach dates from Dec 4, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 3, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Activision account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
All live incidents on Threat Watch
