MovieBoxPro data breach: 6.0M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-04-30
In April 2024, over 6M records from the streaming service MovieBoxPro were scraped from a vulnerable API. Of questionable legality, the service provided no contact information to disclose the incident, although reportedly the vulnerability was rectified after being mass enumerated. Exposed data: email addresses, usernames. The breach dates from Apr 15, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 30, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a MovieBoxPro 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.
Sources
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