DC Health Link data breach: 48K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-12-14
In March 2023, DC Health Link discovered a data breach that was later publicly posted to a popular data breach forum. The impacted data included 48k unique email addresses alongside names, genders, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers.and "IntelBroker". Exposed data: citizenship statuses, dates of birth, email addresses, employers, ethnicities, genders, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases, social security numbers. The breach dates from Mar 6, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 14, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a DC Health Link 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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