Ducks Unlimited data breach: 1.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-11-16
In mid-2021, Risk Based Security reported on a database sourced from Ducks Unlimited being traded online. The data dated back to January 2021 and contained 1.3M unique email addresses across both a membership list and a list of website users. Impacted data included names, phones numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jan 29, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 16, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a Ducks Unlimited 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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