WPT Amateur Poker League data breach: 148K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-02-01
In January 2014, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Amateur Poker League website was hacked by the Twitter user @smitt3nz. The attack resulted in the public disclosure of 175,000 accounts including 148,000 email addresses. The plain text password for each account was also included in the breach. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Jan 4, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 1, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a WPT Amateur Poker League 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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