Black Hat World data breach
The Black Hat World breach happened on June 23, 2014 and exposed 777,387 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- blackhatworld.com
- Breach date
- June 23, 2014
- Recorded on
- November 3, 2015
- Accounts exposed
- 777,387
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 74 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 74 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
- Sumo Torrent (2014-06-21, 285,191 accounts)
- PoliceOne (2014-07-01, 709,926 accounts)
- Domino's (2014-06-13, 648,231 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Black Hat World 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.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of November 15, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.