CafeMom Data Breach

What happened

In 2014, the social network for mothers CafeMom suffered a data breach. The data surfaced alongside a number of other historical breaches including Kickstarter, Bitly and Disqus and contained 2.6 million email addresses and plain text passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your CafeMom 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 CafeMom — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.