Hookers.nl data breach: 290K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-10-23
In October 2019, the Dutch prostitution forum Hookers.nl suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of sex workers and their customers. The IP and email addresses, usernames and either bcrypt or salted MD5 password hashes of 291k members were accessed via an unpatched vulnerability in the vBulletin forum software. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Oct 10, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 23, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Hookers.nl 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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