GeniusU data breach: 1.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-01-08
In November 2020, a collection of data breaches were made public including the "Entrepreneur Success Platform", GeniusU. Dating back to the previous month, the data included 1.3M names, email and IP addresses, genders, links to social media profiles and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, passwords, social media profiles. The breach dates from Oct 2, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 8, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a GeniusU 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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