Kaneva data breach: 3.9M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-12-09
In July 2016, now defunct website Kaneva, the service to "build and explore virtual worlds", suffered a data breach that exposed 3.9M user records. The data included email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 9, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Kaneva 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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