Data breach · June 2019

Was I in the GateHub breach?

GateHub is a cryptocurrency wallet service. Its breach happened in June 2019 and exposed 1,408,078 accounts. It included passwords, encrypted keys, mnemonic phrases and email addresses. If you had an account there by June 2019, check your address below to see whether it is one of them.

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01

What happened?

In October 2019, accounts from GateHub, a crypto wallet service, appeared on a well known hacking forum. GateHub had admitted a breach in June, though it named fewer affected accounts. The data held mnemonic phrases, email addresses, encrypted recovery keys and encrypted master keys, and passwords kept as bcrypt hashes.

Organisation
GateHub, a cryptocurrency wallet service (gatehub.net)
When it happened
June 2019
Added to monitored breach databases
20 November 2019
Accounts in the data
1,408,078
What was exposed
passwords, encrypted keys, mnemonic phrases and email addresses

The breach record cites a public report on arstechnica.com.

02

What was exposed, and what does it mean for me?

  • Your passwordpasswords

    The password for this account was in the data, either as written or in a stored form that can often be reversed when the password is short or common. Anyone with the list can try it on your email, bank and shopping accounts.

  • Crypto wallet detailsencrypted keys and mnemonic phrases

    A recovery phrase or private key gives full control of a wallet to whoever holds it. A wallet address on its own shows your balance and history to anyone who looks.

  • Your email addressemail addresses

    Expect messages that look like they come from this service or another one you use, written to get you to click a link or sign in on a fake page.

03

What should I do now?

In this order, for what this breach exposed.

1. Change the password, and every reuse of it

  • Change your GateHub password if the account still exists. Then change the same password on every other account where you used it, starting with your email.
  • Use a different password for each account. A password manager makes that practical: it creates long passwords and remembers them for you.
  • Turn on a second sign-in step, such as a code from an app or a security key, for your email, bank and social accounts. Your email comes first, because every password reset goes to it.

2. Protect the wallet

  • If a recovery phrase or private key was exposed, move the funds to a new wallet with a new phrase. A new password does not protect a wallet whose phrase is known.
  • Ignore messages that offer to recover lost funds for a fee.

3. Expect phishing

  • Be wary of messages that urge you to act fast, ask for personal details, or link to an address that is slightly off.
  • If a message might be genuine, do not use its links or phone numbers. Go to the site by typing its address yourself.
04

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