In August 2020, Experian South Africa suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of tens of millions of individuals. Only 1.3M of the records contained email addresses, whilst most contained government issued identity numbers, names, addresses, occupations and employers, amongst other person information.
In June 2020, the online antiques marketplace LiveAuctioneers suffered a data breach which was subsequently sold online then extensively redistributed in the hacking community. The data contained 3.4 million records including names, email and IP addresses, physical addresses, phones numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
In August 2020, the Neapolitan public transport website Unico Campania was hacked and the data extensively circulated. The breach contained 166k user records with email addresses and plain text passwords.
In July 2020, the Utah Gun Exchange website suffered a data breach which included several other associated websites. In total, 235k unique email addresses were exposed before being traded online alongside names, usernames, genders, IP addresses and password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
In approximately March 2020, the Brazilian recruitment website Catho was compromised and subsequently appeared alongside 20 other breached websites listed for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach included almost 11 million records with 1.2 million unique email addresses. Names, usernames and plain text passwords were also exposed. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
In December 2019, the booking website Sonicbids suffered a data breach which they attributed to “a data privacy event involving our third-party cloud hosting services”. The breach contained 752k user records including names and usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
In June 2020, the online exam service ProctorU suffered a data breach which was subsequently shared extensively across online hacking communities. The breach contained 444k user records including names, email and physical addresses, phones numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
In June 2020, the Indonesian credit service Kreditplus suffered a data breach which exposed 896k records containing 769k unique email addresses. The breach exposed extensive personal information including names, family makeup, information on spouses, income and expenses, religions and employment information. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
In February 2020, the guitar tuition website TrueFire suffered a data breach which impacted 600k members. The breach exposed extensive personal information including names, email and physical addresses, account balances and unsalted MD5 password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
In March 2020, the Korean interior decoration website ???? (Decorating the House) suffered a data breach which impacted almost 1.3 million members. Served via the URL ggumim.co.kr, the exposed data included email addresses, names, usernames and phone numbers, all of which was subsequently shared extensively throughout online hacking communities. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
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