Horse Isle data breach: 27K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-10-02
In June 2020 then again in September that same year, Horse Isle "The Secrent Land of Horses" suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 28k unique email addresses along with names, usernames, IP addresses, genders, purchases and plain text passwords. The system also stored and exposed failed password attempts for each user with the password retained in plain text. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, passwords, purchases, usernames. The breach dates from Sep 19, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 2, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Horse Isle 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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