Bombuj.eu data breach: 575K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-12-10
In December 2018, the Slovak website for watching movies online for free Bombuj.eu suffered a data breach. The incident exposed over 575k unique email addresses and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. No response was received from Bombuj.eu when contacted about the incident. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Dec 7, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 10, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Bombuj.eu 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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