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Account Data Breach: Chatbooks

A Data Breach Report

In March 2020, Chatbook, a photo print service, suffered a data breach. Approximately 15 million user records were put up for sale on a dark web marketplace. This information includes email address, names, phone numbers, social media profiles and password. 


19 UMBC accounts were affected by this breach. The affected individuals have been notified via their UMBC emails and/or their alternate emails. If you have a Chatbooks account, please contact them to see if you have been affected by this breach.


This information was provided to Have I Been Pwned(HIBP) by dehashed.com.



For more information about the Chatbooks breach visit:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chatbooks-discloses-data-breach-after-data-sold-on-dark-web/



To setup a recovery email for your UMBC account follow the instructions here:

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity/posts/94776



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Forward it to security@umbc.edu along with the email headers. Instructions for doing so can be found at the UMBC support wiki: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.


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Posted: August 11, 2020, 10:21 PM