Nihonomaru data breach: 1.7M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-08-30
In late 2015, the anime community known as Nihonomaru had their vBulletin forum hacked and 1.7 million accounts exposed. The compromised data included email and IP addresses, usernames and salted hashes of passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 30, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Nihonomaru 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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