Bolt data breach: 995K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-11-24
In approximately March 2017, the file sharing website Bolt suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 995k unique user records. The data was sourced from their vBulletin forum and contained email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 1, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 24, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Bolt 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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