Master Deeds data breach

The Master Deeds breach happened on March 14, 2017 and exposed 2,257,930 accounts. 13 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Breach date

March 14, 2017

Recorded on

October 18, 2017

Accounts exposed

2,257,930

Exposed data

Dates of birth, Deceased statuses, Email addresses, Employers, Ethnicities, Genders, Government issued IDs, Home ownership statuses, Job titles, Names, Nationalities, Phone numbers, Physical addresses

Risk score

81 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 81 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Government issued IDs, Ethnicities, Phone numbers.

Breaches from the same period

• Ster-Kinekor (2017-03-09, 1,619,544 accounts)
• Factual (2017-03-22, 2,461,696 accounts)
• Health Now Networks (2017-03-25, 321,920 accounts)

What affected users should do

• Passwords were not exposed, but you may receive fake emails aimed at the exposed email addresses.
• Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
• Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
• ID numbers were exposed, so watch out for contracts signed in your name.

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