Rambler data breach: 91.4M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-11-01
In late 2016, a data dump of almost 100M accounts from Rambler, sometimes referred to as "The Russian Yahoo", was discovered being traded online. The data set provided to Have I Been Pwned included 91M unique usernames (which also form part of Rambler email addresses) and plain text passwords. According to Rambler, the data dates back to March 2014. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 1, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 1, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Rambler 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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