Devil-Torrents.pl data breach: 63K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-05-01
In early 2021, the Polish torrents website Devil-Torrents.pl suffered a data breach. A subset of the data including 63k unique email addresses and cracked passwords were subsequently socialised on a popular data breach sharing service. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Jan 4, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 1, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a Devil-Torrents.pl 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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