GunAuction.com data breach
The GunAuction.com breach happened on December 3, 2022 and exposed 565,470 accounts. 10 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- gunauction.com
- Breach date
- December 3, 2022
- Recorded on
- March 2, 2023
- Accounts exposed
- 565,470
- Exposed data
- Browser user agent details, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Partial credit card data, Partial dates of birth, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames
- Risk score
- 84 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 84 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Partial credit card data, Phone numbers.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
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- Activision (2022-12-04, 16,006 accounts)
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- BreachForums (2022-11-29, 212,156 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your GunAuction.com password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
- Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
- Card or bank details were exposed, so check your statements and contact your card issuer or bank about any charges you do not recognize.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of October 3, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.