Battlefy data breach: 83K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-07-29
In January 2016, the esports website Battlefy suffered a data breach that exposed 83k customer records. The impacted data included email addresses, usernames and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 11, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 29, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a Battlefy 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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