Black Hat World data breach: 777K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-11-03
In June 2014, the search engine optimisation forum Black Hat World had three quarters of a million accounts breached from their system. The breach included various personally identifiable attributes which were publicly released in a MySQL database script. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, instant messenger identities, ip addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Jun 23, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 3, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a Black Hat World 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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