OGUsers (2022 breach) data breach: 529K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-04-14
In July 2022, the account hijacking and SIM swapping forum OGusers suffered a data breach, the fifth since December 2018. The breach contained usernames, email and IP addresses and passwords stored as argon2 hashes. A total of 529k unique email addresses appeared in the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 13, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 14, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a OGUsers (2022 breach) 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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