Peatix data breach: 4.2M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-12-06
In January 2019, the event organising platform Peatix suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 4.2M email addresses, names and salted password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords. The breach dates from Jan 20, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 6, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Peatix 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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