Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS data breach: 5.8M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-11-17
In October 2018, security researcher Bob Diachenko identified multiple exposed databases with hundreds of millions of records. One of those datasets was an Elasticsearch instance on AWS containing sales lead data and 5.8M unique email addresses. The data contained information relating to individuals and the companies they worked for including their names, email addresses and company name and contact information. Despite best efforts, it was not possible to identify the owner of the data hence this breach as been titled "Elasticsearch Sales Leads". Exposed data: email addresses, employers, names, physical addresses. The breach dates from Oct 29, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 17, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS 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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