Seedpeer data breach: 281K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-03-09
In July 2015, the torrent site Seedpeer was hacked and 282k member records were exposed. The data included usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as weak MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 12, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 9, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Seedpeer 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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