Netlog data breach: 49.0M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-07-15
In July 2018, the Belgian social networking site Netlog identified a data breach of their systems dating back to November 2012 (PDF). Although the service was discontinued in 2015, the data breach still impacted 49 million subscribers for whom email addresses and plain text passwords were exposed. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Nov 1, 2012; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 15, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Netlog 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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