DivX SubTitles Data Breach

What happened

In approximately 2010, the now defunct website DivX SubTitles suffered a data breach that exposed 783k user accounts including email addresses, usernames and plain text passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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