Dungeons & Dragons Online data breach: 1.6M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-03-12
In April 2013, the interactive video game Dungeons & Dragons Online suffered a data breach that exposed almost 1.6M players' accounts. The data was being actively traded on underground forums and included email addresses, birth dates and password hashes. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Apr 2, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 12, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Dungeons & Dragons Online 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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