DataCamp data breach: 760K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-04-09
In December 2018, the data science website DataCamp suffered a data breach of records dating back to January 2017. The incident exposed 760k unique email and IP addresses along with names and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. In 2019, the data appeared listed for sale on a dark web marketplace (along with several other large breaches) and subsequently began circulating more broadly. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, ip addresses, names, passwords. The breach dates from Jan 30, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 9, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a DataCamp 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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