BitTorrent Data Breach

What happened

In January 2016, the forum for the popular torrent software BitTorrent was hacked. The IP.Board based forum stored passwords as weak SHA1 salted hashes and the breached data also included usernames, email and IP addresses.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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