JoomlArt Data Breach

What happened?

In January 2018, the Joomla template website JoomlArt inadvertently exposed more than 22k unique customer records in a Jira ticket. The exposed data was from iJoomla and JomSocial, both services that JoomlArt acquired the previous year . The data included usernames, email addresses, purchases and passwords stored as MD5 hashes. When contacted, JoomlArt advised they were aware of the incident and had previously notified impacted parties.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is January 30, 2018. The record was added to the catalogue on November 1, 2018 and last updated there on August 7, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Payment histories
• Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with JoomlArt or used joomlart.com around January 30, 2018. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.