SHEIN data breach: 39.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-07-17
In June 2018, online fashion retailer SHEIN suffered a data breach. The company discovered the breach 2 months later in August then disclosed the incident another month after that. A total of 39 million unique email addresses were found in the breach alongside MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Jun 1, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 17, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a SHEIN 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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