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I got 2 emails from Firefox that my personal information got hacked and sold. Now what?

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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


Exploit.In

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.

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 Exploit.In 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