SvenskaMagic data breach: 30K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-08-30
Sometime in 2015, the Swedish magic website SvenskaMagic suffered a data breach that exposed over 30k records. The compromised data included usernames, email addresses and MD5 password hashes. The data was self-submitted to HIBP by SvenskaMagic. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 30, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a SvenskaMagic 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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