AhaShare.com data breach: 180K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-11-06
In May 2013, the torrent site AhaShare.com suffered a breach which resulted in more than 180k user accounts being published publicly. The breach included a raft of personal information on registered users plus despite assertions of not distributing personally identifiable information, the site also leaked the IP addresses used by the registered identities. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, geographic locations, ip addresses, partial dates of birth, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from May 30, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 6, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a AhaShare.com 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.
Sources
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