ComProperty Data Breach Leaks 979 Login Credentials Online

If you have ever created an account on ComProperty, a property and real estate site, HEROIC analysts want you to know that 979 records reportedly tied to the site surfaced with your email address and password together, dated August 1, 2023. The passwords in this file were stored in plain, readable text, not scrambled in any way. The only way to know for certain if your information is part of this file is to scan your email. If a search turns up a match, treat the password tied to it as already known to someone else.

What This Means if You Had an Account Here

A readable password attached to your email means an attacker does not need to do any extra work to use it. They can try logging into ComProperty directly, or more likely, try that same email and password combination on banking, shopping, and social media sites, betting that you reused it somewhere convenient.

What Reportedly Showed Up Next to Your Email

• Email Address: lets an attacker identify and target you specifically with phishing messages or login attempts.
• Plaintext Password: usable immediately, with no cracking or guessing required.

The Risk You Carry if You Reused This Password

The real danger is not the ComProperty account itself, it is every other account where you typed the same password. Account takeover, unauthorized purchases, and identity theft all become realistic outcomes once a working email and password pair is circulating, especially if that email is also your account recovery address elsewhere.

How a Breach Like This Reportedly Reaches a File

This type of incident reportedly involves records being taken directly out of the service's own systems rather than collected from a personal device. From there, the data is typically compiled into one file and shared across hacking forums and messaging channels until it surfaces publicly.

Find Out if You Are One of the 979

Scan your email now to check whether it appears in this file. If it does, change your ComProperty password right away and update it anywhere else you used the same one, since it was never protected by encryption or hashing. This applies whether the email you check is personal or used for work, so check both if you have more than one.