WoTLabs data breach: 21K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-03-07
In March 2024, WoTLabs (World of Tanks Statistics and Resources) suffered a data breach and website defacement attributed to "chromebook breachers". The breach exposed 22k forum members' personal data including email and IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and time zones. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, time zones, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 3, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 7, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a WoTLabs 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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