🔗 BitTorrent
About this breach
In January 2016, the Forum of the popular Bittorrent torrent program was hacked. The IP.board -based forum kept passwords in the form of weak hashas Sha1 with salt. The hacked data also included user names, email addresses and IP addresses.
Compromised Data
This breach exposed the following types of personal information:
Email
50.6k
100% of accounts
Nick
32.4k
64.1% of accounts
Password
16.1k
31.8% of accounts
Total data points: 99.1k
Unique accounts affected: 50.6k
🔐 What should I do?
- Change your password immediately if you had an account
- Enable two-factor authentication where possible
- Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
- Be aware of potential phishing attempts
📊 Data Classes
📩 Email
👤 Nick
🔑 Password
API Access
Get information about this breach programmatically:
GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/BitTorrent