Autotrader data breach: 20K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-01-23
In January 2023, 1.4M records from the Autotrader online vehicle marketplace appeared on a popular hacking forum. Autotrader stated that the "data in question relates to aged listing data that was generally publicly available on our site at the time and open to automated collection methods". The data contained 20k unique email addresses alongside physical addresses and phone numbers of dealers and vehicle details including VIN numbers. Exposed data: email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, vehicle details, vehicle identification numbers (vins). The breach dates from Jan 6, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 23, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Autotrader 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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