The Halloween Spot data breach: 10K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-03-16
In September 2019, the Halloween costume store The Halloween Spot suffered a data breach. Originally misattributed to fancy dress store Smiffys, the breach contained 13GB of data with over 10k unique email addresses alongside names, physical and IP addresses, phone numbers and order histories. The Halloween Spot advised customers the breach was traced back to "an old shipping information database". Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases. The breach dates from Sep 27, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 16, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a The Halloween Spot 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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