OpenSubtitles
Medium Impact•
6,783,158 records affected
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HaveIBeenPwned
Description
In August 2021, the subtitling website Open Subtitles suffered a data breach and subsequent ransom demand. The breach exposed almost 7M subscribers' personal data including email and IP addresses, usernames, the country of the user and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes.
What to do if you're affected
- 1.Change your password immediately if you have an account with this service
- 2.Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever possible
- 3.Check if your email appears in the breach using Have I Been Pwned
- 4.Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
- 5.Consider using a password manager to generate unique passwords