InterPals data breach: 3.4M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-08-30
In late 2015, the online penpal site InterPals had their website hacked and 3.4 million accounts exposed. The compromised data included email addresses, geographical locations, birthdates and salted hashes of passwords. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, geographic locations, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 4, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 30, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a InterPals 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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