Breach Database / WiredBucks
Yes — WiredBucks was breached.
- 918,529 accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2022-05-25 · wiredbucks.com
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In May 2022, the now defunct social media influencer platform WiredBucks suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The incident exposed over 900k email and IP addresses alongside names, usernames, earnings via the platform, physical addresses and passwords stored as plain text.
What data was exposed
- Earnings
- Email addresses
- IP addresses
- Names
- Passwords
- Physical addresses
- Usernames
What to do right now
- 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").
- 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.
- Watch for targeted phishing mail. A leaked home address makes postal and doorstep scams more convincing.
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- 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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