Lyrics Mania data breach: 109K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-01-15
In December 2017, the song lyrics website known as Lyrics Mania suffered a data breach. The data in the breach included 109k usernames, email addresses and plain text passwords. Numerous attempts were made to contact Lyrics Mania about the incident, however no responses were received. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 21, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 15, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Lyrics Mania 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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