HoundDawgs data breach: 45K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-01-03
In December 2017, the Danish torrent tracker known as HoundDawgs suffered a data breach. More than 55GB of data was dumped publicly and whilst there was initially contention as to the severity of the incident, the data did indeed contain more than 45k unique email addresses complete extensive logs of torrenting activity, IP addresses and SHA1 passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, website activity. The breach dates from Dec 30, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 3, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a HoundDawgs 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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