Dubsmash data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the December 2018 breach of Dubsmash. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Dubsmash data breach exposed 161,749,950 accounts from dubsmash.com in December 2018. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, names and email addresses and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 25 Feb 2019, 3 months later. It is the 13th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Dubsmash’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Phone numbers | Expect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
| Spoken languages | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Dubsmash among them, without showing the data.
- Change your Dubsmash password.If the account still exists, sign in at Dubsmash (dubsmash.com) and change it.
- Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
- Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
- Distrust messages that mention Dubsmash.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 3 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Chegg, April 2018, 40 million accounts
- ixigo, January 2019, 17 million accounts
- TaiLieu, November 2019, 7.3 million accounts
- Bell (2017 breach), May 2017, 2.2 million accounts
- Wishbone (2020), January 2020, 9.7 million accounts
- 123RF, March 2020, 8.7 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Dubsmash”, Have I Been Pwned, added 25 Feb 2019. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- dubsmash.com, Dubsmash’s website