Artvalue.com data breach: 157K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-07-19
In June 2019, the France-based art valuation website Artvalue.com (now defunct) left their 158k member subscriber base publicly exposed in a text file on their website. The exposed data included names, usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as MD5 hashes. The site operator did not respond when contacted about the incident, although the exposed file was subsequently removed. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, salutations, usernames. The breach dates from Jun 19, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 19, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Artvalue.com 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.
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