65,719
Records Exposed
Dec 2020
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Oct 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In December 2020, the Russian news website business-gazeta.ru (БИЗНЕС Online) suffered a data breach affecting 64,500 members. The breach exposed sensitive information, including email addresses, full names, phone numbers, usernames, and passwords that were stored using bcrypt ($2a$07) hashes. This breach illustrates the importance of maintaining strong cybersecurity practices. While bcrypt is a modern and secure method for hashing passwords, regular security audits, encryption of other sensitive data, and user awareness are critical in minimizing the damage caused by data breaches and protecting user privacy.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Russian Federation
Language
Russian
Password Storage
bcrypt
Category
News
Indexed On
Oct 3, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on business-gazeta (БИЗНЕС Online) and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Be alert to smishing attacks (SMS phishing). Scammers may text you pretending to be banks or service providers.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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