DaniWeb data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-12-28
In late 2015, the technology and social site DaniWeb suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the disclosure of 1.1 million accounts including email and IP addresses which were also accompanied by salted MD5 hashes of passwords. However, DaniWeb have advised that "the breached password hashes and salts are incorrect" and that they have since switched to new infrastructure and software. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Dec 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 28, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a DaniWeb 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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