Creative data breach: 483K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-06-07
In May 2018, the forum for Singaporean hardware company Creative Technology suffered a data breach which resulted in the disclosure of 483k unique email addresses. Running on an old version of vBulletin, the breach also disclosed usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes. After being notified of the incident, Creative permanently shut down the forum. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 1, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 7, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Creative 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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