BrickLink website down amid unusual activity and hacking suspicions
LEGO trading platform BrickLink experienced a website outage along with unusual activity. The possibility of a hack was raised, but whether a breach occurred, its extent and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- BrickLink
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Website outage
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The BrickLink website outage and suspicions of a hack stemming from unusual activity were reported.
- The possibility of a hack at BrickLink was raised again.
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Other incidents at BrickLink
BrickLink cyber breach exposes member data and disrupts service
Impact: Exposure of some members’ usernames and IP addresses and a small number of email addresses; service disruption lasting around a week
Lego-owned marketplace BrickLink was restored after a cyber breach left it offline for around a week. Unauthorised access to some members’ usernames and IP addresses and a small number of email addresses was confirmed, while passwords and payment information were unaffected. Users also reported misuse of additional information, but the extent was not independently verified.
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