Fur Affinity data breach: 1.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-05-27
In May 2016, the Fur Affinity website for people with an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters (also known as "furries") was hacked. The attack exposed 1.2M email addresses (many accounts had a different "first" and "last" email against them) and hashed passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 17, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 27, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Fur Affinity 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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