Artsy data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-05-25
In April 2018, the online arts database Artsy suffered a data breach which consequently appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace. Over 1M accounts were impacted and included IP and email addresses, names and passwords stored as salted SHA-512 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords. The breach dates from Apr 1, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 25, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Artsy 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
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