SkTorrent data breach
The SkTorrent breach happened on February 19, 2016 and exposed 117,070 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- sktorrent.eu
- Breach date
- February 19, 2016
- Recorded on
- February 23, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 117,070
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 66 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 66 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Usernames.
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
- Linux Mint (2016-02-21, 144,989 accounts)
- TruckersMP (2016-02-25, 83,957 accounts)
- Nival (2016-02-29, 1,535,473 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your SkTorrent 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 April 24, 2016. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.