Astropid data breach: 5788 accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-07-06
In December 2013, the vBulletin forum for the social engineering site known as "AstroPID" was breached and leaked publicly. The site provided tips on fraudulently obtaining goods and services, often by providing a legitimate "PID" or Product Information Description. The breach resulted in nearly 6k user accounts and over 220k private messages between forum members being exposed. Exposed data: email addresses, instant messenger identities, ip addresses, names, passwords, private messages, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Dec 19, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 6, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a Astropid 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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