Chinese social network Weibo experienced a data breach incident that exposed the personal details of more than 538 million users.
The data from the company’s user database was also put on sale online.
The database allegedly contained the details of 538 million Weibo users including personal details like real names, site usernames, gender, location, and — for 172 million users — phone numbers.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/hacker-selling-data-of-538-million-weibo-users/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/weibo
"id": "wei2324251122",
"linkid": "weibo",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "03/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 538000000,
'industry': 'Technology',
'location': 'China',
'name': 'Weibo',
'type': 'Social Network'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 538000000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Real names',
'Site usernames',
'Gender',
'Location',
'Phone numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'description': 'Chinese social network Weibo experienced a data breach '
'incident that exposed the personal details of more than 538 '
'million users. The data from the company’s user database was '
'also put on sale online. The database allegedly contained the '
'details of 538 million Weibo users including personal details '
'like real names, site usernames, gender, location, and — for '
'172 million users — phone numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Real names',
'Site usernames',
'Gender',
'Location',
'Phone numbers']},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'title': 'Weibo Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}