Account data breach: Romwe

In June 2018, an online fashion website, Romwe, suffered a data breach. This breach has data for approximately 20 million customers. The data was sold online. The customer information includes names, email addresses, IP addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and passwords. No financial information was leaked.

229  UMBC accounts were potential victims of this breach. The victims are being notified via their UMBC emails and/or their alternate emails. If you have a Romwe account, please contact them to see if you have been affected by this breach. To see if you were involved in any other breach visit:https://haveibeenpwned.com/.

More about Romwe data breach:

https://us.romwe.com/datasecurityFAQs-a-1039.html?SASSource=cjunction&affiliateID=100357191_5250933&url_from=cj.com&cjevent=dd0a33c1077f11ec804300290a82b82d

If you have any questions or concerns, email us at:security@umbc.edu.

Information about this breach was provided to us by Have I Been Pwned(HIBP). 

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