Win7Vista Forum data breach: 202K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-06-01
In September 2013, the Win7Vista Windows forum (since renamed to the "Beyond Windows 9" forum) was hacked and later had its internal database dumped. The dump included over 200k members’ personal information and other internal data extracted from the forum. Exposed data: email addresses, instant messenger identities, ip addresses, names, passwords, private messages, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Sep 3, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 1, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a Win7Vista Forum 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.
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