Ordine Avvocati di Roma data breach: 41K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-05-26
In May 2019, the Lawyers Order of Rome suffered a data breach by a group claiming to be Anonymous Italy. Data on tens of thousands of Roman lawyers was taken from the breached system and redistributed online. The data included contact information, email addresses and email messages themselves encompassing tens of thousands of unique email addresses. A total of 42k unique addresses appeared in the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, email messages, geographic locations, passwords, phone numbers. The breach dates from May 7, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 26, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Ordine Avvocati di Roma 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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