OwnedCore data breach: 880K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-02-06
In approximately August 2013, the World of Warcraft exploits forum known as OwnedCore was hacked and more than 880k accounts were exposed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Aug 1, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 6, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a OwnedCore 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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