Ziwo.ru

The Russian online retailer Ziwo specializing in climate control equipment suffered a significant data breach. An unauthorized party gained access to the internal database resulting in the public exposure of customer information. The leak includes personal identifiers, contact details, and order history. Security analysis reveals that user passwords were stored using the MD5 hashing algorithm which is considered cryptographically weak and susceptible to cracking. This incident exposes users to potential phishing attacks and credential stuffing risks across other platforms.