Shadow data breach: 543K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-08-11
In September 2023, the cloud gaming provider Shadow suffered a data breach that exposed over half a million customer records. The data included email and physical addresses, names and dates of birth. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, names, physical addresses. The breach dates from Sep 28, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 11, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Shadow 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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