Knuddels data breach: 808K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-04-08
In September 2018, the German social media website Knuddels suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 808k unique email addresses alongside usernames, real names, the city of the person and their password in plain text. Knuddels was subsequently fined €20k for the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Sep 5, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 8, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Knuddels 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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