Ticketcounter data breach: 1.9M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-03-01
In August 2020, the Dutch ticketing service Ticketcounter inadvertently published a database backup to a publicly accessible location where it was then found and downloaded in February 2021. The data contained 1.9M unique email addresses which were offered for sale on a hacking forum and in some cases included names, physical and IP addresses, genders, dates of birth, payment histories and bank account numbers. Ticketcounter was later held to ransom with the threat of the breached being released publicly. Exposed data: bank account numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, payment histories, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Feb 22, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 1, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a Ticketcounter 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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