DaniWeb Data Breach

What happened

In late 2015, the technology and social site DaniWeb suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the disclosure of 1.1 million accounts including email and IP addresses which were also accompanied by salted MD5 hashes of passwords. However, DaniWeb have advised that "the breached password hashes and salts are incorrect" and that they have since switched to new infrastructure and software.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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