ShellCodeX Breach Report
AhaShare.com Data Breach
ahashare.com
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
180,468
Breach date
30 May 2013
Added to tracker
06 Nov 2014
Data classes
8
What happened
In May 2013, the torrent site AhaShare.com suffered a breach which resulted in more than 180k user accounts being published publicly. The breach included a raft of personal information on registered users plus despite assertions of not distributing personally identifiable information, the site also leaked the IP addresses used by the registered identities.
Exposed data
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Partial dates of birth
Passwords
Usernames
Website activity
Recommended actions
- Change your AhaShare.com password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
- Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing AhaShare.com — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
