Bell (2014 breach) data breach: 20K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-02-01
In February 2014, Bell Canada suffered a data breach via the hacker collective known as NullCrew. The breach included data from multiple locations within Bell and exposed email addresses, usernames, user preferences and a number of unencrypted passwords and credit card data from 40,000 records containing just over 20,000 unique email addresses and usernames. Exposed data: credit cards, genders, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Feb 1, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 1, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a Bell (2014 breach) 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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