The Kodi Foundation data breach: 400K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-04-13
In February 2023, The Kodi Foundation suffered a data breach that exposed more than 400k user records. Attributed to an account belonging to "a trusted but currently inactive member of the forum admin team", the breach involved the administrator account creating a database backup that was subsequently downloaded before being sold on a hacking forum. The breach exposed email and IP addresses, usernames, genders and passwords stored as MyBB salted hashes. The Kodi Foundation elected to self-submit impacted email addresses to HIBP. Exposed data: browser user agent details, dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, private messages, usernames. The breach dates from Feb 16, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 13, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a The Kodi Foundation 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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