WIIU ISO data breach: 458K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-09-06
In September 2015, the Nintendo Wii U forum known as WIIU ISO was hacked and 458k accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the vBulletin forum also exposed salted MD5 password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Sep 25, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 6, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a WIIU ISO 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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