Yatra data breach: 5.0M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-07-04
In September 2013, the Indian bookings website known as Yatra had 5 million records exposed in a data breach. The data contained email and physical addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers along with both PINs and passwords stored in plain text. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, pins. The breach dates from Sep 1, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 4, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Yatra 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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