Account data breach: Thingiverse
Another Breach Of An Online Service
In 2020, the 3D model sharing service Thingiverse suffered a data breach. On October 13, 2021, the data compromised in the breach was posted in various hacker forums. This breach contained data for approximately 228 thousand customers. The information included usernames, email addresses, names, passwords, IP addresses, and geographical addresses.
The compromised data was shared in an online hacking forum. Four UMBC accounts were victims of this breach. The victims are being notified via their UMBC emails and/or their alternate emails. If you have a Thingiverse account, please contact them to see if you have been affected by this breach.
To see if you were involved in any other breach, visit: https://haveibeenpwned.com/.
More about Thingiverse data breach:
https://www.databreachtoday.com/thingiverse-data-leak-affects-25-million-subscribers-a-17729
If you have any questions or concerns, email us at: security@umbc.edu.
Information about this breach was provided to us by Have I Been Pwned(HIBP).
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Posted: October 18, 2021, 4:53 PM