R2Games data breach: 22.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-02-09
In late 2015, the gaming website R2Games was hacked and more than 2.1M personal records disclosed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. A further 11M accounts were added to "Have I Been Pwned" in March 2016 and another 9M in July 2016 bringing the total to over 22M. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 9, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a R2Games 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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