Nulled.ch data breach: 43K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2020-05-24
In May 2020, the hacking forum Nulled.ch was breached and the data published to a rival hacking forum. Over 43k records were compromised and included IP and email addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes alongside the private message history of the website's admin. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, private messages, usernames. The breach dates from May 20, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 24, 2020.
What to do
- If you had a Nulled.ch 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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