Islington West-Lower Holloway,Barnsbury,Kings X

Breach of member data

On 30 August the Freecycle Network became aware of a data breach on Freecycle.org. All local Town group volunteer moderators have been asked to contact you as as a local group member to ask you to change your Freecycle.org password as soon as possible. Many apologies for the inconvenience. 

Further information on the breach and on how to change your password may be found here:

https://freecycle.helpscoutdocs.com/article/319-data-breach-august-2023. There is a "?" on that page if you have further questions.

The breach of data includes usernames, User IDs, email addresses and hashed passwords. Because of the exposure of personal passwords, if you have used the same password elsewhere, you are well advised to change the password there as well. No other personal information was compromised and the breach has been closed and is being reported to the respective privacy authorities. 

You may notice that you receive more spam than usual. As always, please remain vigilant of phishing emails, avoid clicking on links in emails, and don't download attachments unless you are expecting them.  Here are two useful links:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/ - Find out what past data breaches have involved your personal information 

https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing - Avoid and report internet scams and phishing

Again, thank you for reducing waste by using Freecycle and apologies for the hassle. Of course, if you have moved away from this area or are no longer using Freecycle at all, by all means take this opportunity to leave the Islington West-Lower Holloway,Barnsbury,Kings X Town or to leave Freecycle.

Your local Freecycle Moderator