Avast Data Breach

What happened

In May 2014, the Avast anti-virus forum was hacked and 423k member records were exposed. The Simple Machines Based forum included usernames, emails and password hashes.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Avast 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 Avast — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.