Gaadi data breach: 4.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-07-01
In May 2015, the Indian motoring website known as Gaadi had 4.3 million records exposed in a data breach. The data contained usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, the city of users as well as passwords stored in both plain text and as MD5 hashes. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, geographic locations, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, usernames. The breach dates from May 14, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 1, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Gaadi 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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