GateHub data breach: 1.4M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-11-20
In October 2019, 1.4M accounts from the cryptocurrency wallet service GateHub were posted to a popular hacking forum. GateHub had previously acknowledged a data breach in June, albeit with a smaller number of impacted accounts. Data from the breach included email addresses, mnemonic phrases, encrypted master keys, encrypted recovery keys and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, encrypted keys, mnemonic phrases, passwords. The breach dates from Jun 4, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 20, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a GateHub 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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