> Substack specified that more sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, and other financial information, was unaffected.
I hate it when companies do this.
passwords and credit card numbers are easily changed.
names, emails and phone numbers are not.
The same goes for full names on file, physical addresses, and other hard-to-change information. Passwords have been the least of my concerns since password managers were invented.
You could, in theory, use a custom domain or email aliasing service like SimpleLogin or Addy to combat the email address issue, though websites like GitHub have been known to block emails created with an aliasing service. I could go on about why that move does next to nothing to combat actual abuse; any spammer worth their salt can just buy a bunch of Gmail accounts or Outlook accounts instead.
couldn't*
Here are the columns from the CSV file I've seen being shared around on forums, including the "internal metadata". This mostly boils down to full name on file, email, Stripe customer ID, activity metrics, usernames, and phone numbers. Everything else is largely irrelevant.
id,name,email,email_confirmed,email_confirmation_token,stripe_platform_customer_id,is_global_admin,is_ghost,created_at,anonymous_id,email_bounce_count,photo_url,publisher_agreement_accepted_at,bio,updated_at,profile_set_up_at,tos_accepted_at,email_digest_at,has_passed_captcha,import_confirmation_required,post_notification_preference,reader_installed_at,activity_items_viewed_at,dismissed_ios_app_promo_at,email_notifications_last_resumed_at,previous_name,release_group,handle,phone,bank_payment_failures,is_globally_banned,session_version
Surely a list of services that allow phone number logins exists so that one can avoid signing up in the first place and we would then see it in another connecting breach.
For example, I tried to set up another form of 2FA on Chase, but it still defaults to phone. I can’t disable or change it.
A friend of mine received a very well-crafted physical letter at his home about resetting his cryto ledger.
He is now very stressed because there are news about people with crypto getting abducted.
And with the ledger leak they have:
- his name and address
- how much money he has on his ledger