Nexus Mods data breach: 5.9M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-01-17
In December 2015, the game modding site Nexus Mods released a statement notifying users that they had been hacked. They subsequently dated the hack as having occurred in July 2013 although there is evidence to suggest the data was being traded months in advance of that. The breach contained usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as a salted hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 22, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 17, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Nexus Mods 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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