Pluto TV data breach: 3.2M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-12-05
In October 2018, the internet television service Pluto TV suffered a data breach which was then shared extensively in hacking communities. Pluto TV "decided not to proactively inform users of the breach" which contained 3.2M unique email and IP addresses, names, usernames, genders, dates of birth and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: dates of birth, device information, email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, passwords, social media profiles, usernames. The breach dates from Oct 12, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 5, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Pluto TV 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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