Shopper+ data breach: 878K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-03-11
In March 2023, "Canada's online shopping mall" Shopper+ disclosed a data breach discovered on a public hacking forum. The breach dated back to September 2020 and included 878k customer records with email and physical addresses, names, phone numbers and in some cases, genders and dates of birth. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, spoken languages. The breach dates from Sep 14, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 11, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Shopper+ 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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