Under Armour discloses data breach affecting 150m user accounts

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  1. hawki

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    "Under Armour discloses data breach affecting 150m user accounts...

    ...[A] data security breach had affected about 150m user accounts for its MyFitnessPal fitness and diet tracking service.

    ...[A]n unauthorised party had gotten data associated with MyFitnessPal user accounts, including usernames, email addresses and [encrypted*] passwords, in late February.

    Payment card information was not affected, the company said. It estimated that about 150m user accounts were affected..."

    https://www.ft.com/content/d0bef918-3391-11e8-b5bf-23cb17fd1498

    NB:UA says it learned of the breach on March 25, 2018

    *The investigation indicates that the affected information included hashed passwords – the majority with the hashing function called bcrypt used to secure passwords.
     
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    Under Armour Announces Data Breach of 150 Million User Accounts
    March 29, 2018
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ces-data-breach-of-150-million-user-accounts/
     
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    Lawsuit Filed in Wake of Under Armour Data Breach
    Company Asks Court to Compel Arbitration
    June 1, 2018

    https://www.inforisktoday.com/lawsuit-filed-in-wake-under-armour-data-breach-a-11051
     
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    Fitness app PumpUp left users' personal data exposed on server

     
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