MalindoAir data breach: 4.3M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-09-14
In early 2019, the Malaysian airline Malindo Air suffered a data breach that exposed tens of millions of customer records. Containing 4.3M unique email addresses, the breach also exposed extensive personal information including names, dates of birth, genders, physical addresses, phone numbers and passport details. The data was later extensively shared on popular hacking forums. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, loyalty program details, names, nationalities, passport numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, salutations. The breach dates from Mar 1, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 14, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a MalindoAir 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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