PetFlow data breach: 990K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-05-26
In December 2017, the pet care delivery service PetFlow suffered a data breach which consequently appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace. Almost 1M accounts were impacted and exposed email addresses and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Dec 9, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 26, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a PetFlow 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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