SitePoint data breach: 1.0M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-08-17
In June 2020, the web development site SitePoint suffered a data breach that exposed over 1M customer records. Impacted data included email and IP addresses, names, usernames, bios and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: bios, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jun 20, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 17, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a SitePoint 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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