Dymocks data breach: 836K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-09-08
In September 2023, the Australian book retailer Dymocks announced a data breach. The data dated back to June 2023 and contained 1.2M records with 836k unique email addresses. The breach also exposed names, dates of birth, genders, phone numbers and physical addresses. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jun 20, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 8, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Dymocks 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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