Chatbooks data breach: 2.5M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-07-29
In March 2020, the photo print service Chatbooks suffered a data breach which was subsequently put up for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach contained 15 million user records with 2.5 million unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, social media profiles and salted SHA-512 password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, social media profiles. The breach dates from Mar 26, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 29, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Chatbooks 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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