Tigo data breach: 700K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-07-24
In Mid-2023, 300GB of data containing over 100M records from the Chinese video chat platform "Tigo" dating back to March that year was discovered. The data contained over 700k unique names, usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, profile photos and private messages. Tigo did not respond to multiple attempts to disclose the incident. Exposed data: device information, email addresses, genders, geographic locations, ip addresses, names, private messages, profile photos, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 31, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 24, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Tigo 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.
Sources
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