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Artsy Data Breach

artsy.net
Significant exposure
Verified breach Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed 1,079,970
Breach date 01 Apr 2018
Added to tracker 25 May 2020
Data classes 4

What happened

In April 2018, the online arts database Artsy suffered a data breach which consequently appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace. Over 1M accounts were impacted and included IP and email addresses, names and passwords stored as salted SHA-512 hashes.

Exposed data

Email addresses IP addresses Names Passwords

Recommended actions

  • Change your Artsy password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
  • Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
  • Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Artsy โ€” attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
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