Livemaster Masters Fair

The Fair of Masters (Livemaster) is a D2C platform for handmade masters, Russian brands and connoisseurs of designer things. More than 100 thousand artisans sell unique products through the Fair of Masters - Livemaster platform, which is visited by 8.5 million potential buyers monthly (2021 data).

History

2024: Data breach of millions of users

On October 9, 2024, it became known that cybercriminals had penetrated the IT infrastructure of the Fair of Masters marketplace. As a result of the hack, the personal data of millions of users of this platform was leaked.

According to the Telegram channel "Information Leaks," a partial dump containing information from the database of the Marketplace "Fair of Masters" has been posted on one of the shadow forums on the Internet. The attackers had an extensive set of information at their disposal: these are surnames and usernames, 3.3 million unique phone numbers, 6.3 million unique email addresses, order data, delivery addresses, partial bank card numbers, links to social networks, IP addresses and much more. The stolen data is relevant on October 5, 2024.

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At the same time, a message about technical difficulties appeared on the page "Fairs of Masters" on the social network VKontakte on October 6, 2024. Whether they are related to a hacker invasion is not specified.

You have probably already noticed that the "Fair of Masters" is not available... Unfortunately, there were technical problems on our side, which required a temporary restriction of access to the site. Our team worked through the night to resolve the issue and we continue to do everything we can to get the site back up and running as soon as possible. We thank you for your patience and understanding, - it was reported.

Stolen personal data can be used to organize personalized phishing attacks and other fraudulent schemes. Knowing the names of the "Masters Fair" customers, their phone numbers, order parameters and other personal information, cybercriminals can put victims to sleep. And this significantly increases the chances of success of a fraudulent campaign to steal funds.^[1]

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