Mecho Download data breach: 437K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-08-02
In October 2013, the (now defunct) downloads website "Mecho Download" suffered a data breach that exposed 438k records. Data from the vBulletin based website included email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Oct 31, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 2, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a Mecho Download 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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