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title: "Data breach at Nitro"
description: "In September 2020, Nitro suffered a data breach. 77 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, names and passwords."
canonical: https://inyourgeek.com/en/fuites-de-donnees/2020-09-28-nitro
type: fuite-de-donnees
author: "Sébastien Soulier"
publisher: "InYourGeek"
language: en
datePublished: 2021-01-19
dateModified: 2021-01-19
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# Nitro

Data breach — High

In September 2020, Nitro suffered a data breach. 77 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, names and passwords.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Disclosed on | January 19, 2021 |
| Incident dated | September 28, 2020 |
| Accounts affected | 77M |
| Sector | Digital services |
| Country | International or undetermined |
| Cause | Undisclosed |
| Severity | High |
| Status | Confirmed |

## Exposed data

- Email address
- Full name
- Password (hashed)

## 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

- [Have I Been Pwned — Nitro](https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Nitro) — Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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