Imavex data breach: 878K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-08-26
In August 2021, the website development company Imavex suffered a data breach that exposed 878 thousand unique email addresses. The data included user records containing names, usernames and password material with some records also containing genders and partial credit card data, including the last 4 digits of the card and expiry date. Hundreds of thousands of form submissions and orders via Imavex customers were also exposed and contained further personal information of submitters and the contents of the form. The compromised system was subsequently sunset in January 2024 and all customer data impacted by the incident was permanently deleted. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, names, partial credit card data, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases, usernames. The breach dates from Aug 20, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 26, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a Imavex 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.
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