Guntrader data breach: 112K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-07-21
In July 2021, the United Kingdom based website Guntrader suffered a data breach that exposed 112k unique email addresses. Extensive personal information was also exposed including names, phone numbers, geolocation data, IP addresses and various physical address attributes (cities for all users, complete addresses for some). Passwords stored as bcrypt hashes were also exposed. Exposed data: browser user agent details, email addresses, geographic locations, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, salutations. The breach dates from Jul 17, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 21, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a Guntrader 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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