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BlackBerry Fans Data Breach

blackberryfans.org
Limited exposure
Verified breach Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed 174,168
Breach date 06 May 2022
Added to tracker 16 May 2022
Data classes 4

What happened

In May 2022, the Chinese BlackBerry enthusiasts website BlackBerry Fans suffered a data breach that exposed 174k member records. The impacted data included usernames, email and IP addresses and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.

Exposed data

Email addresses IP addresses Passwords Usernames

Recommended actions

  • Change your BlackBerry Fans 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 BlackBerry Fans โ€” attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
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