PHP Freaks data breach: 173K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-10-30
In October 2015, the PHP discussion board PHP Freaks was hacked and 173k user accounts were publicly leaked. The breach included multiple personal data attributes as well as salted and hashed passwords. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Oct 27, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 30, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a PHP Freaks 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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