Pokémon Negro data breach: 830K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-01-03
In approximately October 2016, the Spanish Pokémon site Pokémon Negro suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the disclosure of 830k accounts including email and IP addresses along with plain text passwords. Pokémon Negro did not respond when contacted about the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Oct 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 3, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Pokémon Negro 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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