Finsure data breach: 296K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-11-19
In October 2024, almost 300k unique email addresses from Australian mortgage broking group Finsure were obtained from the ActivePipe real estate marketing platform. The impacted data also included names, phone numbers and physical addresses. The incident did not directly affect any of Finsure's systems or expose any passwords or financial data. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Oct 15, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 19, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Finsure 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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