109,532
Records Exposed
Oct 2014
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Sep 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In approximately October 2014, the now-defunct gaming news forum 9lives.be experienced a data breach that affected 109,000 users. The breach exposed usernames, email addresses, and passwords stored as vBulletin hashes. This incident underscores the importance of robust cybersecurity measures to protect user information and prevent such breaches.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Belgium
Language
Dutch
Password Storage
MD5(Salt)
Category
Gaming, Forums
Indexed On
Sep 3, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on 9lives and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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