Bitly data breach: 9.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-10-06
In May 2014, the link management company Bitly announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach contained over 9.3 million unique email addresses, usernames and hashed passwords, most using SHA1 with a small number using bcrypt. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 8, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 6, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Bitly 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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