Lizard Squad data breach: 13K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-01-18
In January 2015, the hacker collective known as "Lizard Squad" created a DDoS service by the name of "Lizard Stresser" which could be procured to mount attacks against online targets. Shortly thereafter, the service suffered a data breach which resulted in the public disclosure of over 13k user accounts including passwords stored in plain text. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 16, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 18, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a Lizard Squad 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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