The site hautelook.com has been reported in February 2019 to possibly have suffered a data exposure that could include 28,514,150 records

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The site hautelook.com has been reported in February 2019 to possibly have suffered a data exposure that could include 28,514,150 records

The exposed information is potentially associated with the website/service hautelook.com.

In the past you may have signed up for hautelook.com, or provided the information to a service that is in some way associated with hautelook.com. It may be difficult for you to remember, or you simply may not know other services are associated with hautelook.com. What is important to know is that information belonging to you appears as if it is being shared improperly on the dark web.

Exposed information from data breaches, hacking incidents, or leaked information can be bought and sold on the dark web as “lists”. The buying and selling activity by identity thieves may occur months to years after it is actually exposed in a security incident.

Even though you may have stopped using hautelook.com, or perhaps deactivated the account, or maybe unsubscribed, the information could still be available in their systems.

What can you do next?

Being proactive with best practices and next steps, such as the following, can help:
- If your notification mentions an email, change the password associated with it. It has been exposed.
- If your notification mentions an affected website, do also change the password to it, or to any other site where you’ve used the password.
- Choose a unique and strong password for each individual site. Don't employ the same password each time.
- Review your credit reports, and watch for new credit inquiry alerts, or other suspicious activity, and consider freezing your credit file.
 
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