Whitepages data breach: 11.7M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-03-27
In mid-2016, the telephone and address directory service Whitepages was among a raft of sites that were breached and their data then sold in early-2019. The data included over 11 million unique email addresses alongside names and passwords stored as either a SHA-1 or bcrypt hash. Exposed data: email addresses, names, passwords. The breach dates from Jun 27, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 27, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Whitepages 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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