JD data breach: 77.4M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-06-02
In 2013 (exact date unknown), the Chinese e-commerce service JD suffered a data breach that exposed 13GB of data containing 77 million unique email addresses. The data also included usernames, phone numbers and passwords stored as SHA-1 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 2, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a JD 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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