Zynga data breach: 172.9M accounts exposed
Severity: critical · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-12-19
In September 2019, game developer Zynga (the creator of Words with Friends) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 173M unique email addresses alongside usernames and passwords stored as salted SHA-1 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, usernames. The breach dates from Sep 1, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 19, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Zynga 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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