DaFont data breach: 637K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-05-18
In May 2017, font sharing site DaFont suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 637k records. Allegedly due to a SQL injection vulnerability exploited by multiple parties, the exposed data included usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as MD5 without a salt. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 16, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 18, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a DaFont 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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