Android Forums data breach: 745K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-12-20
In October 2011, the Android Forums website was hacked and 745k user accounts were subsequently leaked publicly. The compromised data included email addresses, user birth dates and passwords stored as a salted MD5 hash. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, homepage urls, instant messenger identities, ip addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Oct 30, 2011; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 20, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a Android Forums 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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