Mac-Torrents data breach: 93K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-10-31
In October 2015, the torrent site Mac-Torrents was hacked and almost 94k usernames, email addresses and passwords were leaked. The passwords were hashed with MD5 and no salt. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Oct 31, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 31, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a Mac-Torrents 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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