KinoKong data breach: 817K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-12-06
In March 2021, the Russian online streaming service KinoKong suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The breach exposed over 800k unique email addresses along with names, usernames, IP addresses and MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 25, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 6, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a KinoKong 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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