The Fappening data breach: 179K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-04-13
In December 2015, the forum for discussing naked celebrity photos known as "The Fappening" (named after the iCloud leaks of 2014) was compromised and 179k accounts were leaked. Exposed member data included usernames, email addresses and salted hashes of passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 13, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a The Fappening 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.
Sources
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