Lifebear
What was exposed
Email addressesPasswordsUsernames
What to do if you were 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.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In early 2019, the Japanese schedule app Lifebear appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace amongst a raft of other hacked websites . The breach exposed almost 3.7M unique email addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Lifebear data breach?
In early 2019, the Japanese schedule app Lifebear appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace amongst a raft of other hacked websites . The breach exposed almost 3.7M unique email addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around February 2019.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 3,670,561 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Passwords 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. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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