StarTribune data breach: 2.2M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-10-30
In October 2019, the Minnesota-based news service StarTribune suffered a data breach which was subsequently sold on the dark web. The breach exposed over 2 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, names, passwords, physical addresses, usernames. The breach dates from Oct 10, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 30, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a StarTribune 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.
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