Underworld Empire data breach: 428K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2018-02-19
In April 2017, the vBulletin forum for the Underworld Empire game suffered a data breach that exposed 429k accounts. The data was then posted to a hacking forum in mid-February 2018 where it was made available to download. The source data contained IP and email addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Apr 25, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 19, 2018.
What to do
- If you had a Underworld Empire 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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