Exvagos data breach: 2.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-03-28
In July 2022, the direct download website Exvagos suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The breach exposed 2.1M unique email addresses along with IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 21, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 28, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Exvagos 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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