[BreachExchange] ShinyHunters hacker leaks 5.22GB worth of Mashable.com database

[Destry Winant]

https://www.hackread.com/shinyhunters-hacker-leaks-mashable-database/

ShinyHunters leaked the database earlier today revealing that it does
not contain any password.

Another day, another data breach. This time, the infamous hacker going
by the online handle of ShinyHunters has leaked a database belonging
to Mashable.com, a global media, and entertainment company.

The 5.22GB worth of database was leaked earlier today on a prominent
hacker forum. It can be confirmed that the database is now available
on several other forums including Russian-speaking ones.

Leaked database

After analyzing some of the data, Hackread.com can confirm that the
leaked database contains staff, users, and subscribers data such as
full names, email addresses, country, gender, job description, online
behavior related details, date of registration, IP addresses, social
media profile links, and authentication tokens, etc.

However, a sigh of relief for Mashable is that the database does not
contain any password or financial details since the company runs an
online shop on the same domain. The hacker, ShinyHinters, has also
stated in their post on hacker forum that the “it (database) does not
contain any password.

We have informed Mashable about the breach and this article will be
updated in case the media giant gets back to us with a statement.

As for ShinyHunters; Mashable breach is another addition to their
“portfolio.” In the last few months, the hacker leaked dozens of
databases stolen from prominent companies including:

WattPad – 271 million accounts leaked

Dunzo – 11GB worth of data leaked

Dave.com – 7 million accounts leaked

Bhinneka – 1 million+ accounts leaked

Minted – 5 million accounts leaked

ProctorU – 444,267 accounts leaked

Tokopedia – 91 million accounts leaked

Couchsurfing – 17 million accounts leaked