SHEIN Data Breach

What Happened

In June 2018, online fashion retailer SHEIN suffered a data breach. The company discovered the breach 2 months later in August then disclosed the incident another month after that. A total of 39 million unique email addresses were found in the breach alongside MD5 password hashes.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Passwords

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    39.1 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    June 2018

  • Added to HIBP:

    17 Jul 2019

  • Attribution:

    JimScott.Sec@protonmail.com

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.

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