Torrent Invites data breach: 352K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-03-22
In December 2013, the torrent site Torrent Invites was hacked and over 352k accounts were exposed. The vBulletin forum contained usernames, email and IP addresses, birth dates and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Dec 12, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 22, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Torrent Invites 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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