DivX SubTitles data breach: 783K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-06-14
In approximately 2010, the now defunct website DivX SubTitles suffered a data breach that exposed 783k user accounts including email addresses, usernames and plain text passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2010; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 14, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a DivX SubTitles 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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