Abandonia (2015) data breach: 776K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-06-05
In November 2015, the gaming website dedicated to classic DOS games Abandonia suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 776k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 5, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Abandonia (2015) account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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