Dangdang data breach: 4.8M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-01-10
In 2011, the Chinese e-commerce site Dangdang suffered a data breach. The incident exposed over 4.8 million unique email addresses which were subsequently traded online over the ensuing years. Exposed data: email addresses. The breach dates from Jun 1, 2011; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 10, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Dangdang 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.
Sources
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