{"id":243,"date":"2023-03-05T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T20:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:55:51","slug":"gunauction-com-breached-leaking-sensitive-info-for-over-550000-end-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/05\/gunauction-com-breached-leaking-sensitive-info-for-over-550000-end-users\/","title":{"rendered":"GunAuction.com breached, leaking sensitive info for over 550,000 end users"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GunAuction.com was breached in December 2022, leaking sensitive information for over 550,000+ users and potentially allowing gun owners to be traced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GunAuction.com, threat actor, and 550,000+ GunAuction.com users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 3, 2022: GunAuction.com breached (Hunt, 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 2, 2023: Added to the haveibeenpwned.com database (Hunt, 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 2, 2023: CEO of GunAuction.com shares a statement with TechCrunch.com that they are investigating the incident and intend to reach out to victims soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GunAuction.com was breached late last year and the data was stored on an unprotected server by the threat actor\/s. A security researcher downloaded the data and apparently blew the whistle on the breach. TechCrunch.com analyzed the data and confirmed that it matches GunAuction.com users, although questioning the age of the data (Franceschi-Bicchierai, 2023, para. 6). GunAuction.com users are pending notification per the CEO (Franceschi-Bicchierai, 2023, para. 9). The breach exposed: &#8220;customers\u2019 full names, home addresses, email addresses, plaintext passwords and telephone numbers&#8221; and made tracing a sale possible (Franceschi-Bicchierai, 2023, para. 2). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franceschi-Bicchierai, L. (2023, March 2). <em>Hackers steal gun owners\u2019 data from firearm auction website<\/em>. TechCrunch.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/03\/02\/hackers-steal-gun-owners-data-from-firearm-auction-website\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunt, T. (2023, March 2). <em>Have I Been Pwned: Pwned websites<\/em>. haveibeenpwned.com. 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