Elance
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
What is the Elance data breach?
Sometime in 2009, staffing platform Elance suffered a data breach that impacted 1.3 million accounts . Appearing online 8 years later, the data contained usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and SHA1 hashes of passwords, amongst other personal data.
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around January 2009.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 1,291,178 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Passwords, Phone numbers and Usernames.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.