GSM Hosting data breach: 2.6M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-03-27
In August 2016, breached data from the vBulletin forum for GSM-Hosting appeared for sale alongside dozens of other hacked services. The breach impacted 2.6M users of the service and included email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Aug 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 27, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a GSM Hosting 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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