Breach Database / Guns.com

▍Yes — Guns.com was breached.

• 375,928 accounts affected
• Breach occurred 2021-01-12 · guns.com
• Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog

What happened

In January 2021, the firearms website guns.com suffered a data breach. The breach exposed 376k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses, gun purchases, partial credit card data, dates of birth and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

What data was exposed

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Names
• Partial credit card data
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases

What to do right now

1. Change your password for this service now. And change it anywhere you reused the same password — attackers try leaked passwords on other sites within hours ("credential stuffing").
2. Turn on two-factor authentication. Even a leaked password is useless against an account protected by a second factor. Prefer an authenticator app over SMS.
3. Watch your card and bank statements. Set up transaction alerts, and consider a card freeze or replacement if the exposure included full card numbers.
4. Be alert for smishing and SIM-swap attempts. Treat unexpected texts and "carrier" calls with suspicion; add a PIN/port-freeze with your mobile carrier.
5. Watch for targeted phishing mail. A leaked home address makes postal and doorstep scams more convincing.
6. Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
7. Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
8. Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.

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