Canva data breach: 137.3M accounts exposed
Severity: critical · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-08-09
In May 2019, the graphic design tool website Canva suffered a data breach that impacted 137 million subscribers. The exposed data included email addresses, usernames, names, cities of residence and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes for users not using social logins. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 24, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 9, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Canva 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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