BitView data breach: 63K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-12-19
In December 2024, the video sharing Community BitView suffered a data breach that exposed 63k customer records. Attributed to a backup taken by a previous administrator earlier in the year, the breach exposed email and IP addresses, bcrypt password hashes, usernames, bios, private messages, video comments and for some records, gender, date of birth and country of location. Exposed data: bios, comments, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, geographic locations, ip addresses, passwords, private messages, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 14, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 19, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a BitView 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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