About 150 million user account information of MyFitnessPal leaked by hacking

Health care / fitness application located in the top ranking in the App Store "MyFitnessPal"Suffered hacking damage, and it turned out that data leaked about account of approximately 150 million users.

Important Message Regarding MyFitnessPal Account Security
https://content.myfitnesspal.com/security-information/notice.html

MyFitnessPal Data Breach Impacts 150 Million User Accounts - Mac Rumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/03/29/myfitnesspal-data-breach/

Under Armor announces MyFitnessPal data breach of 150 million accounts
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/03/29/myfitnesspal-data-breach/


MyFitnessPal noticed that on March 25, 2018, "In February 2018, there was access to data related to MyFitnessPal user account from unauthorized third party". This data included user name, email address, encrypted password, and BCrypt was used for password encryption. According to Mac Rumors, the information did not include social security numbers, driver's license numbers, credit / debit card information, etc.

MyFitnessPal has started investigating in cooperation with a data security company as soon as a situation is discovered and reports it to law enforcement agencies and said that it is operating in cooperation. Moreover, in addition to notifying the situation to the MyFitnessPal user, we take actions such as asking for change of password.

The action MyFitnessPal recommends to users is as follows.

·change Password. In addition to MyFitnessPal please change your password for accounts that use the same or similar information.
· Please check if your account is doing suspicious movements.
· Please note the web page asking about your personal data or asking for personal information.
· Avoid downloading links and materials attached to suspicious mails.