Multiplayer.it data breach: 503K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-08-01
In April 2024, over half a million records taken from the Italian gaming website Multiplayer.it were posted to a popular hacking forum. The impacted data included email addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes. Multiplayer.it subsequently confirmed the breach dated back 6 years to September 2018 and was merely re-posted in 2024. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Sep 1, 2018; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 1, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Multiplayer.it 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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