The Freecycle Network

The nonprofit organization Freecycle Network (Freecycle.org) confirmed that it has suffered a data breach that impacted more than 7 million users.

The exposed data includes usernames, User IDs, email addresses, and passwords.

The organizations advise users to change their passwords everywhere they share the same one.

The security incident has been resolved, and no additional personal data was stolen, according to the announcement.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/150392/security/the-freecycle-network-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-freecycle-network

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"linkid": "the-freecycle-network",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "08/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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