Guns.com
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Watch your card and bank statements for unfamiliar charges, and consider requesting a new card number.
- 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 Guns.com data breach?
In January 2021, the firearms website guns.com suffered a data breach . The breach exposed 376k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses, gun purchases, partial credit card data, dates of birth and passwords stored as bcrypt...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around January 2021.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 375,928 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Partial credit card data, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses and Purchases.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Watch your card and bank statements for unfamiliar charges, and consider requesting a new card number. 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.