Hjedd data breach: 13.2M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-10-05
In July 2022, the Chinese adult website Hjedd was found to be leaking more than 13M customer records which subsequently appeared on a popular hacking forum. The exposed data included email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 18, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 5, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Hjedd 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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