Data Security Alert: Interior Design and Home Decorating Company, Havenly, Announce User Data Potentially Exposed
Havenly, an online interior design and home decorating website, has announced that user data may have been exposed. Information that was potentially affected includes account login names, names of customers, hashed passwords, phone numbers, zip codes, email addresses and website usage data. The company does not store credit card information, apart from the last four digits of the card. In a notice to Havenly customers, the company explained that they are working to investigate the matter and have logged out all existing customers from their accounts. They are advising users to reset their passwords and to use different passwords across all online services and applications.
What This Means
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