Netlog Data Breach

What happened

In July 2018, the Belgian social networking site Netlog identified a data breach of their systems dating back to November 2012 (PDF). Although the service was discontinued in 2015, the data breach still impacted 49 million subscribers for whom email addresses and plain text passwords were exposed.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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