LiveAuctioneers Data Breach

What Happened

In June 2020, the online antiques marketplace LiveAuctioneers suffered a data breach which was subsequently sold online then extensively redistributed in the hacking community. The data contained 3.4 million records including names, email and IP addresses, physical addresses, phones numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.

Compromised Data

  • Email addresses
  • IP addresses
  • Names
  • Passwords
  • Phone numbers
  • Physical addresses
  • Usernames

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was used.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Wherever 2FA is supported, add an extra layer of security to your account.

Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts: 3.4 million
  • Breach Occurred: June 2020
  • Added to HIBP: 22 Aug 2020

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was used.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Wherever 2FA is supported, add an extra layer of security to your account.