340,584
Records Exposed
Oct 2015
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Sep 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In October 2015, the anabolic steroids retailer NapsGear experienced a data breach that exposed extensive personal information on 287,000 customers. The compromised data included email addresses, names, addresses, phone numbers, purchase histories, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. This incident underscores the importance of implementing stronger encryption methods and securing sensitive customer data.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Germany
Language
English
Password Storage
MD5(Salt)
Category
eCommerce
Indexed On
Sep 25, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on NapsGear 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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