CafeMom data breach: 2.6M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-11-09
In 2014, the social network for mothers CafeMom suffered a data breach. The data surfaced alongside a number of other historical breaches including Kickstarter, Bitly and Disqus and contained 2.6 million email addresses and plain text passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Apr 10, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 9, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a CafeMom 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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