Yonéma data breach: 35K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-12-14
In November 2024, data from the Senegalese payment platform Yonéma was posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included 36k unique email addresses alongside phone numbers, names and what appears to be encrypted passwords and dates of birth. Exposed data: dates of birth, device information, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers. The breach dates from Nov 21, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 14, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Yonéma 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.
Sources
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