653,127
Records Exposed
Mar 2015
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Feb 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In March 2015, HongFire, the anime and manga forum, experienced a data breach. The security compromise of their vBulletin forum resulted in the disclosure of 1 million accounts, including email addresses, IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
Plaintext
Category
Community, Anime
Indexed On
Feb 14, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on HongFire 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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