iMesh data breach: 49.5M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-07-02
In September 2013, the media and file sharing client known as iMesh was hacked and approximately 50M accounts were exposed. The data was later put up for sale on a dark market website in mid-2016 and included email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Sep 22, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 2, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a iMesh 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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