ZAP-Hosting data breach: 746K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-03-19
In November 2021, web host ZAP-Hosting suffered a data breach that exposed over 60GB of data containing 746k unique email addresses. The breach also contained support chat logs, IP addresses, names, purchases, physical addresses and phone numbers. Exposed data: browser user agent details, chat logs, email addresses, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases. The breach dates from Nov 22, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 19, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a ZAP-Hosting 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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