UN Internet Governance Forum data breach: 3200 accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-02-23
In February 2014, the Internet Governance Forum (formed by the United Nations for policy dialogue on issues of internet governance) was attacked by hacker collective known as Deletesec. Although tasked with "ensuring the security and stability of the Internet", the IGF’s website was still breached and resulted in the leak of 3,200 email addresses, names, usernames and cryptographically stored passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Feb 20, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 23, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a UN Internet Governance Forum 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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