VK data breach: 93.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-06-09
In approximately 2012, the Russian social media site known as VK was hacked and almost 100 million accounts were exposed. The data emerged in June 2016 where it was being sold via a dark market website and included names, phone numbers email addresses and plain text passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2012; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 9, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a VK 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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