Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori Data Breach

What happened

In November 2018, the Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, or SIAE) was hacked, defaced and almost 4GB of data leaked publicly via Twitter. The data included over 14k registered users' names, email addresses and passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori 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 Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.