Doomworld Data Breach

What happened

In October 2022, the Doomworld fourm suffered a data breach that exposed 34k member records. The data included email and IP addresses, usernames and bcrypt password hashes.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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