LiveAuctioneers
Medium Impact•
3,389,472 records affected
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Dehashed
Description
In June 2020, LiveAuctioneers, an online antiques marketplace, experienced a data breach. The incident exposed 3.4 million records, including sensitive information such as email addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, physical addresses, and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data breach resulted in the information being sold online and widely shared within the hacking community.
What to do if you're affected
- 1.Change your password immediately if you have an account with this service
- 2.Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever possible
- 3.Check if your email appears in the breach using Have I Been Pwned
- 4.Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
- 5.Consider using a password manager to generate unique passwords