Foxy Bingo data breach: 252K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-11-22
In April 2007, the online gambling site Foxy Bingo was hacked and 252,000 accounts were obtained by the hackers. The breached records were subsequently sold and traded and included personal information data such as plain text passwords, birth dates and home addresses. Exposed data: account balances, browser user agent details, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Apr 4, 2008; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 22, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a Foxy Bingo 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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