CouchSurfing investigates data breach after 17m user records appear on hacking forum

CouchSurfing investigates data breach after 17m user records appear on hacking forum

  • CouchSurfing, an online service that lets users find free lodgings, is investigating a security breach after hackers began selling the details of 17 million users on Telegram channels and hacking forums.
  • The CouchSurfing data is currently being sold for $700, ZDNet has learned from a data broker, a person who buys and sells hacked data for profit on the hacking underground.

– Catalin Cimpanu | July 23, 2020