Onverse data breach: 800K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-09-06
In January 2016, the online virtual world known as Onverse was hacked and 800k accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the site also exposed salted MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 6, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Onverse 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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