Lookbook data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-11-08
In August 2012, the fashion site Lookbook suffered a data breach. The data later appeared listed for sale in June 2016 and included 1.1 million usernames, email and IP addresses, birth dates and plain text passwords. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Aug 24, 2012; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 8, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Lookbook 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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