pcTattletale data breach: 138K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-05-25
In May 2024, the spyware service pcTattletale suffered a data breach that defaced the website and posted tens of gigabytes of data to the homepage, allegedly due to pcTattletale not responding to a previous security vulnerability report. The breach exposed data including membership records, infected PC names, captured messages and extensive logs of IP addresses and device information. Exposed data: device information, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, sms messages, usernames. The breach dates from May 25, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 25, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a pcTattletale 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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