VK
HighConfirmedMedia and leisure
In January 2012, VK suffered a data breach. 93 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, names, passwords and phone numbers.
- Disclosed on
- June 9, 2016
- Incident dated
- January 1, 2012
- Accounts affected
- 93M
- Sector
- Media and leisure
- Country
- International or undetermined
- Cause
- Undisclosed
Exposed data
- Email address
- Full name
- Password (hashed)
- Phone number
You are only affected if you had an account or an order with this organisation.
What you can do
- Change that password — and everywhere you reused it. That is how a leak spreads to your other accounts.
- Turn on two-factor authentication on the affected accounts: a stolen password is then no longer enough.
- Expect phishing attempts quoting your name and this company. A message that knows your details is not legitimate for that reason.
- You can ask the organisation exactly what was exposed about you (right of access), and complain to the DPA if no answer comes within a month.
Sources
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