I got 2 emails from Firefox that my personal information got hacked and sold. Now what?
I recently got 2 emails from Firefox, that stated my person information was hacked via Firefox, and sold.
Are these emails legitimate? If so, what have you done about this, and what can I do about this?
Email #1
Firefox Monitor
Firefox Monitor Report
Report Date: December 6, 2018
Email Address: (deleted my email address for this posting) Your account was involved in a data breach.
A recently reported data breach contains your email and the following data
You've Been Scraped
Breach date:October 5, 2018
Compromised accounts:66,147,869
Compromised data:Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Job titles, Names, Social media profiles Breach data provided by Have I Been Pwned
Email #2
Firefox Monitor
Firefox Monitor Report
Report Date: November 26, 2018
Email Address: (deleted my email address for this posting) Your accounts appeared in 6 breaches.
Here’s your full Firefox Monitor report, which includes all known data breaches that contain this email address.
2,844 Separate Data Breaches
Breach date:February 19, 2018
Compromised accounts:80,115,532
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords
Anti Public Combo List
Breach date:December 16, 2016
Compromised accounts:457,962,538
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords
Breach date:October 13, 2016
Compromised accounts:593,427,119
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords
Kayo.moe Credential Stuffing List
Breach date:September 11, 2018
Compromised accounts:41,826,763
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords
LinkedIn
Breach date:May 5, 2012
Compromised accounts:164,611,595
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords
Pemiblanc
Breach date:April 2, 2018
Compromised accounts:110,964,206
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords Breach data provided by Have I Been Pwned
I'm aware of the LinkedIn hack...and changed my password for same, some time ago. I don't use the other sites that are mentioned in the emails.
I don't subscribe to and am unaware what/who, 'Have I Been Pwned', is...which makes me think both emails are suspect.
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birkwood said
I recently got 2 emails from Firefox, that stated my person information was hacked via Firefox, and sold. Are these emails legitimate? If so, what have you done about this, and what can I do about this?
Firefox did not send you any emails since it is a web browser and not a company or such as that would be Mozilla.
Mozilla takes Privacy seriously as they would not sell any personal details. https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/ https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/principles/
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-monitor https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-monitor-faq