ReverbNation data breach: 7.0M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-10-05
In January 2014, the online service for assisting musicians to build their careers ReverbNation suffered a data breach which wasn't identified until September the following year. The breach contained over 7 million accounts with unique email addresses and salted SHA1 passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 5, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a ReverbNation 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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