Youku data breach: 91.9M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-04-15
In late 2016, the online Chinese video service Youku suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 92 million unique user accounts and corresponding MD5 password hashes. The data was contributed to Have I Been Pwned courtesy of rip@creep.im. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from Dec 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 15, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Youku 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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