WantGoo
Data Breach
www.wantgoo.com456,192
Records Exposed
Jun 2022
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Mar 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In July 2022, WantGoo, a Taiwanese investment platform offering a comprehensive suite of financial tools and resources for investors, experienced a data breach affecting 848,000 users. The compromised data included phone numbers, usernames, and password hashes stored using the outdated MD5 algorithm. This breach highlights the importance of implementing robust cybersecurity measures, such as using stronger hashing algorithms like bcrypt or Argon2, enforcing multi-factor authentication, and regularly updating security protocols to protect user data from potential threats.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Taiwan,Province of China
Language
Chinese
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Financial
Indexed On
Mar 11, 2025
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on WantGoo and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- 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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