Pokébip data breach: 657K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-09-09
In July 2015, the French Pokémon site Pokébip suffered a data breach which exposed 657k subscriber identities. The data included email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, time zones, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Jul 28, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 9, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Pokébip 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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