Nitro data breach: 77.2M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-01-19
In September 2020, the Nitro PDF service suffered a massive data breach which exposed over 70 million unique email addresses. The breach also exposed names, bcrypt password hashes and the titles of converted documents. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords. The breach dates from Sep 28, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 19, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a Nitro 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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