Covve data breach: 22.8M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-05-15
In February 2020, a massive trove of personal information referred to as "db8151dd" was provided to HIBP after being found left exposed on a publicly facing Elasticsearch server. Later identified as originating from the Covve contacts app, the exposed data included extensive personal information and interactions between Covve users and their contacts. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, job titles, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, social media profiles. The breach dates from Feb 20, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 15, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Covve 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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