Lazada RedMart data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-11-10
In October 2020, news broke of Lazada RedMart data breach containing records as recent as July 2020 and being sold via an online marketplace. In all, the data contained 1.1 million customer email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, physical addresses, partial credit card numbers and passwords stored as SHA-1 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, names, partial credit card data, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jul 30, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 10, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Lazada RedMart 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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