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dvd-shop.ch data breach (2017)

In December 2017, the online Swiss DVD store known as dvd-shop.ch suffered a data breach. The incident led to the exposure of 68k email addresses and plain text passwords. The site has since been updated to indicate that it is currently closed.

Victim
dvd-shop.ch
records
68.0K
SectorRetail
CountrySwitzerland

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2017-12-05, dvd-shop.ch was affected by a data breach. Approximately 67,973 accounts were exposed. In December 2017, the online Swiss DVD store known as dvd-shop.ch suffered a data breach. The incident led to the exposure of 68k email addresses and plain text passwords. The site has since been updated to indicate that it is currently closed.

Sources

  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#dvd-shop.ch
  2. dvd-shop.chhttps://dvd-shop.ch

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