NetGalley data breach: 1.4M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-02-23
In December 2020, the book promotion site NetGalley suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 1.4 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, physical and IP addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and passwords stored as salted SHA-1 hashes. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 21, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 23, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a NetGalley 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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