Fridae data breach: 35K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-05-06
In May 2014, over 25,000 user accounts were breached from the Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender website known as "Fridae". The attack which was announced on Twitter appears to have been orchestrated by Deletesec who claim that "Digital weapons shall annihilate all secrecy within governments and corporations". The exposed data included password stored in plain text. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from May 2, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 6, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a Fridae 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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