Movie Forums data breach: 39K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-12-08
In December 2022, the Movie Forums website suffered a data breach that affected 40k users. The breach exposed email and IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and passwords stored as easily crackable salted MD5 hashes. The data was subsequently posted a popular clear web hacking forum. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 24, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 8, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a Movie Forums 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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