KiwiFarms data breach: 4606 accounts exposed
Severity: low · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-09-17
In September 2019, the forum for discussing "lolcows" (people who can be milked for laughs) Kiwi Farms suffered a data breach. The disclosure notice advised that email and IP addresses, dates of birth and content created by members were all exposed in the incident. Exposed data: avatars, dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, website activity. The breach dates from Sep 10, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 17, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a KiwiFarms 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.
Sources
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