StreetEasy data breach: 988K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-10-06
In approximately June 2016, the real estate website StreetEasy suffered a data breach. In total, 988k unique email addresses were included in the breach alongside names, usernames and SHA-1 hashes of passwords, all of which appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace in February 2019. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jun 28, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 6, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a StreetEasy 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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