Bitcoin Talk data breach: 501K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-03-27
In May 2015, the Bitcoin forum Bitcoin Talk was hacked and over 500k unique email addresses were exposed. The attack led to the exposure of a raft of personal data including usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, security questions and MD5 hashes of their answers plus hashes of the passwords themselves. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, ip addresses, passwords, security questions and answers, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from May 22, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 27, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Bitcoin Talk 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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