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Confirmed breach

GunAuction.com data breach

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A breach of GunAuction.com was added to Have I Been Pwned’s breach database on 2 March 2023. It affected 565,470 accounts. Exposed: Financial account and card details, Passwords and logins, Email addresses, Phone numbers, Dates of birth and Addresses and more. The breach began on 3 December 2022, 89 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
565,470 accounts
Reported
2 March 2023
Breach began
3 December 2022
Time to tell
89 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

  • Financial account and card details
  • Passwords and logins
  • Email addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Dates of birth
  • Addresses
  • Usernames
  • IP addresses
  • Browser user agent details
  • Genders

Sources

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If GunAuction.com had your data

  1. Look for GunAuction.com’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. Change your GunAuction.com password, and the same password anywhere else you use it. Turn on two-step sign-in.
  3. Call your bank on the number printed on your card (never one from a message), check recent payments and ask for a new card.
  4. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be GunAuction.com, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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