BreachForums data breach: 212K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-07-26
In November 2022, the well-known hacking forum "BreachForums" was itself, breached. Later the following year, the operator of the website was arrested and the site seized by law enforcement agencies. The breach exposed 212k records including usernames, IP and email addresses, private messages between site members and passwords stored as argon2 hashes./a. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, private messages, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 29, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 26, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a BreachForums 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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