Account Data Breach: Promo

In June 2020, a marketing video creator website, Promo, suffered a data breach. 22 million users' personal information was leaked on an online hacking forum. This data includes names, email, gender, IP addresses and passwords stored as SHA-256 hashes. This information was shared on an online hacking community. 

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

More about Promo data breach:

https://support.promo.com/en/articles/4276475-promo-data-breach-faq 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/promocom-discloses-data-breach-after-22m-user-records-leaked-online/#:~:text=Promo.com%2C%20an%20Israeli-based%20marketing%20video%20creation%20site%2C%20has,networks%20such%20as%20Facebook%2C%20Instagram%2C%20Twitter%2C%20and%20LinkedIn.

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

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

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