![]() The affected information included usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords – the majority with the hashing function called bcrypt used to secure passwords. The data at risk are the credentials used to access MyFitnessPal accounts: On March 25, 2018, we became aware that during February of this year an unauthorized party acquired data associated with MyFitnessPal user accounts. On 29 March 2018 Under Armour began informing users of MyFitnessPal that it has suffered a data breach at some point during the previous month: If you need to visit MyFitnessPal use a browser bookmark if you have one, open your browser and type the address: if you don’t, or just use the app on your phone. If the email you received about this issue prompts you to click on a link, suggests you download an attachment, or asks you for information, the email was not sent by MyFitnessPal Please note that the email from MyFitnessPal about this issue does not ask you to click on any links or contain attachments and does not request your personal data. The company has made a clear statement that it will not send emails about this that contain links or attachments : ![]() You can protect yourself by be being proactive: read Under Armour’s notice of data breach and check its account security FAQs.ĭon’t click on links in emails that seem to have come from Under Armour or MyFitnessPal. Under Armour says it’s notifying users of MyFitnessPal about the breach. It’s possible that criminals will try to take advantage of this by sending malicious tweets or emails that look like they’ve come from Under Armour. If you use your MyFitnessPal password on any other websites, change your password on those websites – choose a different, strong password for each one (consider using a password manager if that sounds too difficult). ![]() If you use Facebook to log in to MyFitnessPal you do not need to change your Facebook password. ![]() If you’re one of the 150 million or so users of the app or website don’t panic, but do change your password. ![]() Under Armour’s hugely popular fitness tracker, MyFitnessPal, has been hacked. ![]()
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