• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Technologous - Managed IT Solutions Bryan/College Station

  • Home
  • About
    • Areas We Serve
    • Our Leadership
      • Chris Dawson
      • Ian Soares
  • IT Services
    • Managed IT
    • Support IT
    • Cloud IT
  • Blog
  • Request a Consultation
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Blog / Popular Fitness Site Endures A Customer Information Breach

Popular Fitness Site Endures A Customer Information Breach

Do you frequent the website bodybuilding.com?

If so, be advised that the site has been breached.

According to a recent statement by the company behind the site, the breach occurred in February, 2019 and had its origins in a phishing email the company received back in July of 2018.

A detailed account of the incident was published on the company’s help center and contained most of the elements we’ve come to expect when things like this happen:

  • The company is very sorry that it happened
  • “Certain” customer/member information may have been compromised
  • The company has been working with law enforcement and has brought in a third party to assist with the forensic investigation, which is ongoing

The company also stressed that while partial payment account numbers were compromised, no full debit or credit card information was at risk. That is because the site only stores the last four digits of payment cards if and when a given user opted to have the data stored by the website.

Again in keeping with the common response to incidents like these, Bodybuilding.com reported that in exercising an abundance of caution, they are force-resetting all user passwords.  If it’s been a while since you’ve logged on, just be aware that the next time you do, you’ll be prompted to change your password.

As to the specific data that was compromised, according to the latest information posted by the company, the following information was accessed by unknown third parties:

  • User name
  • The email address you used to sign up for the service
  • Your billing and/or shipping address
  • Your phone number
  • Your order history
  • Your birthday
  • Any correspondence that may have occurred between you and the site administrators
  • Any other information you included in your profile

As ever, if you’re using the same password on this site that you use on some other, be sure to change both immediately. Try hard to break the habit of using the same password across multiple web properties.

May 17, 2019 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Awareness, Bodybuilding Website, Compromised, User Information

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

GET OUR BLOG IN YOUR EMAIL!

Archives

  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018

Tags

Andriod android Apple Attacks Bluetooth Breach Business Chrome Compromised Data Database Data Breach Email Facebook File Security Google GooglePlay hacker Hackers information IT Management IT services malware Microsoft New Feature Password Passwords Ransomware Risk Scam Secuity security Social Media Strong Password Targeting Technologous Threats Update User Users Vulnerability Vulnerable Wifi Windows Windows 10

Footer

Contact Us

Address: 3091 University Drive, Unit 210, Bryan, Texas 77802
Phone: 979-217-1226

Our Blog

  • Security Issue Found In Multiple Devices Is Called ‘Urgent 11’ August 14, 2019
  • Ransomware Now Sends Malicious Texts Through Mobile Device August 13, 2019
  • Playing Videos Could Allow Hackers Into Your Phone August 12, 2019
  • Security Flaw Found In Open Source Office Program LibreOffice August 10, 2019
  • Facebook Is Making Changes To Privacy Following Huge Fine August 9, 2019

Search

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Contact
  • Our Leadership
  • Why Choose Us?
  • IT Services
  • Request a Consultation

Copyright © 2019| All Rights Reserved | Powered By Technologous, LLC | Log in