Cybersecurity incident — 2019-01-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Houzz
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Home improvement startup Houzz informs its users that it suffered a data breach in December 2018. The company has not provided details about the occurrence but contacted its users to encourage them to change their passwords as a precautionary measure.