Catho data breach: 1.2M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-08-18
In approximately March 2020, the Brazilian recruitment website Catho was compromised and subsequently appeared alongside 20 other breached websites listed for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach included almost 11 million records with 1.2 million unique email addresses. Names, usernames and plain text passwords were also exposed. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 1, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 18, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Catho 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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