Kaspersky Club data breach: 55K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-04-09
In March 2024, the independent fan forum Kaspersky Club suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 56k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and passwords stored as either MD5 or bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 24, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 9, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Kaspersky Club 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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