Chris Leong data breach: 27K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-08-13
In August 2024, the website of Master Chris Leong "a leading Tit Tar practitioner in Malaysia" suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 27k unique email addresses along with names, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders, nationalities and in many cases, links to Facebook profiles. The company did not respond when contacted about the breach. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, nationalities, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases, social media profiles. The breach dates from Aug 10, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 13, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Chris Leong 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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