XPG data breach: 890K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-07-01
In approximately early 2016, the gaming website Xpgamesaves (XPG) suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 890k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory. This data was provided by security researcher and data analyst, Adam Davies. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 1, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a XPG 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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