BlankMediaGames data breach: 7.6M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-01-02
In December 2018, the Town of Salem website produced by BlankMediaGames suffered a data breach. Reported to HIBP by DeHashed, the data contained 7.6M unique user email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses, purchase histories and passwords stored as phpass hashes. DeHashed made multiple attempts to contact BlankMediaGames over various channels and many days but had yet to receive a response at the time of publishing. Exposed data: browser user agent details, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, purchases, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Dec 28, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 2, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a BlankMediaGames 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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