Dennis Kirk data breach: 1.4M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-11-05
In October 2024, almost 20GB of data containing 1.3M unique email addresses from motorcycle supplies store Dennis Kirk was circulated. Dating back to September 2021, the data also contained purchases from the online store along with customer names, phone numbers and postcodes. Dennis Kirk did not respond to multiple attempts to make contact about the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, names, phone numbers, purchases. The breach dates from Sep 4, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 5, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Dennis Kirk 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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