Tianya data breach: 29.0M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-06-30
In December 2011, China's largest online forum known as Tianya was hacked and tens of millions of accounts were obtained by the attacker. The leaked data included names, usernames and email addresses. Exposed data: email addresses, names, usernames. The breach dates from Dec 26, 2011; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 30, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Tianya 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.
Sources
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