BlackSpigotMC data breach: 140K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-07-17
In July 2019, the hacking website BlackSpigotMC suffered a data breach. The XenForo forum based site was allegedly compromised by a rival hacking website and resulted in 8.5GB of data being leaked including the database and website itself. The exposed data included 140k unique email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, genders, geographic locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: device information, email addresses, genders, geographic locations, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 14, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 17, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a BlackSpigotMC 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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