Android Forums data breach
The Android Forums breach happened on October 30, 2011 and exposed 745,355 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- androidforums.com
- Breach date
- October 30, 2011
- Recorded on
- December 20, 2015
- Accounts exposed
- 745,355
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Homepage URLs, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 72 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 72 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Dates of birth, Email addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- Dodonew.com (2011-12-01, 8,718,404 accounts)
- China Software Developer Network (2011-12-21, 6,414,990 accounts)
- Stratfor (2011-12-24, 859,777 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Android Forums password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
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