Dota2 data breach: 1.9M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-05-23
In July 2016, the Dota2 official developers forum suffered a data breach that exposed almost 2 million users. The hack of the vBulletin forum led to the disclosure of email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 10, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 23, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Dota2 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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