201,742
Records Exposed
Feb 2023
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jan 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In February 2023, CME Society, a platform dedicated to organizing medical and healthcare conferences, experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 11 million lines of sensitive information. The compromised data included email addresses, usernames, full names, phone numbers, ip addresses, physical addresses, and passwords stored as either MD5 hashes or plain text. This breach highlights the critical need for implementing stronger cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive user information.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Password Storage
Plaintext, MD5
Category
Health, Science
Indexed On
Jan 21, 2025
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on CME Society 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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