Wiener Büchereien data breach: 224K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-06-28
In June 2019, the library of Vienna (Wiener Büchereien) suffered a data breach. The compromised data included 224k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. The breached data was subsequently posted to Twitter by the alleged perpetrator of the breach. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jun 10, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 28, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Wiener Büchereien 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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