Uiggy data breach: 2.7M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-06-27
In June 2016, the Facebook application known as Uiggy was hacked and 4.3M accounts were exposed, 2.7M of which had email addresses against them. The leaked accounts also exposed names, genders and the Facebook ID of the owners. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, names, social connections, website activity. The breach dates from Jun 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 27, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Uiggy 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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