LDLC data breach: 1.3M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-08-13
In March 2024, French retailer LDLC disclosed a data breach that impacted customers of their physical stores. The data was previously listed for sale on a popular hacking forum and contained 1.26M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers and physical addresses. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, salutations. The breach dates from Feb 28, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 13, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a LDLC 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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