Under Armour, Inc. last week announced that it is notifying users of MyFitnessPal - the company's food and nutrition application and website - about a massive data breach affecting 150 million users. But according to the comapny sources, Payment card data was not compromised because it is collected and processed separately.
A massive data breach on March 29 that impacted 150 million user accounts of the fitness vendor’s popular MyFitnessPal application Under Armour reported, which provides exercise, diet and calorie counting capabilities.
"On March 25, the MyFitnessPal team became aware that an unauthorized party acquired data associated with MyFitnessPal user accounts in late February 2018.” Armour stated, Under Armour has not publicly identified the root cause of the breach.
The data taken includes usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords. Rather than being stored in plain text, hashed passwords are scrambled cryptographically to protect passwords from being easily reused.
On March 30, the company began to inform about the leakage of data to 150 million users . Users received the following e-mail:
If you have used this application and wherever you have had the same or similar password, change it as soon as possible.
And if you logged in via Facebook to the application , firstly - this is not the smartest approach (never do it!), And secondly, go to the Facebook options and receive the app all rights and link again. If you really need to log in via fejs, it would be better if you created an account in your application by e-mail.
"On March 25, the MyFitnessPal team became aware that an unauthorized party acquired data associated with MyFitnessPal user accounts in late February 2018.” Armour stated, Under Armour has not publicly identified the root cause of the breach.
The data taken includes usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords. Rather than being stored in plain text, hashed passwords are scrambled cryptographically to protect passwords from being easily reused.
On March 30, the company began to inform about the leakage of data to 150 million users . Users received the following e-mail:
To the MyFitnessPal Community:
We have included your MyFitnessPal account information. We understand your protection and information seriously.
On March 25, 2018, we became aware of the MyFitnessPal user accounts. The related information included usernames, e-mail addresses, and hashed passwords - the majority of the hashing function called bcrypt used to secure passwords.
Once we became aware, we quickly took steps to determine the nature and scope of the issue. We are working with leading data security. We are also notified and are coordinating with law enforcement authorities.
We are
notifying MyFitnessPal users to provide information on how they can protect their data.
We will be requiring MyFitnessPal users to change their passwords and urge users to do so immediately.
We continue to monitor for suspected activity.
We continue to make enhancements to our systems to detect and prevent unauthorized access to user information.
We take our steps to safeguard your information. We recommend you:
Change your password for your account. MyFitnessPal account.
Review your accounts for suspicious activity.
Be cautious of any unsolicited communications.
Avoid clicking on links or downloading attachments from suspicious emails.
For more information, please go to https://content.myfitnesspal.com/security-information/FAQ.html.
Sincerely,
Paul Fipps
Chief Digital Officer
If you have used this application and wherever you have had the same or similar password, change it as soon as possible.
And if you logged in via Facebook to the application , firstly - this is not the smartest approach (never do it!), And secondly, go to the Facebook options and receive the app all rights and link again. If you really need to log in via fejs, it would be better if you created an account in your application by e-mail.
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