Credential theft exploiting browser auto-login spreads
Account credentials were stolen by exploiting browsers' auto-login feature, and a leak of 8 million passwords came to light. There were also cases of email accounts being hacked again just two days after being hacked.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 8 million passwords
- Cause / method
- Exploitation of browser auto-login feature
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataPassword
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Center ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- A leak of 8 million passwords related to auto-login came to light.
- A surge in credential theft exploiting browsers' auto-login feature came to light.
- A case of an email account hacked again two days after being hacked, and the risks of the auto-login feature, came to light.
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