Mappery data breach: 205K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-12-18
In December 2018, the mapping website Mappery suffered a data breach that exposed over 205k unique email addresses. The incident also exposed usernames, the geographic location of the user and passwords stored as unsalted SHA-1 hashes. No response was received from Mappery when contacted about the incident. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 11, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 18, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Mappery 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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