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I appreciate the honesty in Troy's response to this. The added article contribution is not made with malice intent, only to note what happened and to make Troy's response more visible and avoid confusion. |
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|Website=https://www.aura.com | |Website=https://www.aura.com | ||
|Description=Aura.com is a business-to-customer (B2C) digital security company offering identity theft protection, online privacy tools, and antivirus services via subscription plans. | |||
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{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}} | {{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}} | ||
In March 2026, Aura experienced a data breach that exposed more than 900,000 records that contained names, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and customer service comments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toulas |first=Bill |title=Aura confirms data breach exposing 900,000 marketing contacts |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aura-confirms-data-breach-exposing-900-000-marketing-contacts/ |website=BleepingComputer |date=18 Mar 2026 |access-date=27 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260318230519/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aura-confirms-data-breach-exposing-900-000-marketing-contacts/ |archive-date=18 Mar 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Aura Data Breach |url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Aura |website=Have I Been Pwned |date=18 March 2026 |access-date=28 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321041145/https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Aura |archive-date=21 Mar 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arghire |first=Ionut |title=Security Firm Aura Discloses Data Breach Impacting 900,000 Records |url=https://www.securityweek.com/security-firm-aura-discloses-data-breach-impacting-900000-records/ |website=SecurityWeek |date=19 Mar 2026 |access-date=28 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260320045535/https://www.securityweek.com/security-firm-aura-discloses-data-breach-impacting-900000-records/ |archive-date=20 Mar 2026}}</ref> | In March 2026, Aura experienced a data breach that exposed more than 900,000 records that contained names, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and customer service comments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toulas |first=Bill |title=Aura confirms data breach exposing 900,000 marketing contacts |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aura-confirms-data-breach-exposing-900-000-marketing-contacts/ |website=BleepingComputer |date=18 Mar 2026 |access-date=27 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260318230519/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aura-confirms-data-breach-exposing-900-000-marketing-contacts/ |archive-date=18 Mar 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Aura Data Breach |url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Aura |website=Have I Been Pwned |date=18 March 2026 |access-date=28 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321041145/https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Aura |archive-date=21 Mar 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arghire |first=Ionut |title=Security Firm Aura Discloses Data Breach Impacting 900,000 Records |url=https://www.securityweek.com/security-firm-aura-discloses-data-breach-impacting-900000-records/ |website=SecurityWeek |date=19 Mar 2026 |access-date=28 Apr 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260320045535/https://www.securityweek.com/security-firm-aura-discloses-data-breach-impacting-900000-records/ |archive-date=20 Mar 2026}}</ref> After the breach, the website haveibeenpwned.com continued their sponsorship with Aura<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/troyhunt/status/2048956316329431160|title=Troy Hunt on X|date=2026-04-27|work=X|author=@troyhunt|quote=We gave it a lot of thought. Ultimate conclusion was that I’ve long said we should judge orgs on their handling of a breach rather than that they had one. They handled it well (I had *a lot* of discussion with them about what “well” means), so we kept them on.}}</ref>, but removed it from the "Recommended Actions" section on the Aura entry due to company request.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/troyhunt/status/2048957674457645168|title=Troy Hunt on X|date=2026-04-27|work=X|author=@troyhunt|quote=Oh - and yeah, they asked not to have the Aura placement on the Aura breach page, for obvious reasons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Aura|title=Aura Data Breach|work=Have I Been Pwned|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260318071125/https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Aura|archive-date=2026-03-18|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||