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Mac-Torrents Data Breach

mac-torrents.com
Limited exposure
Verified breach Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed 93,992
Breach date 31 Oct 2015
Added to tracker 31 Oct 2015
Data classes 3

What happened

In October 2015, the torrent site Mac-Torrents was hacked and almost 94k usernames, email addresses and passwords were leaked. The passwords were hashed with MD5 and no salt.

Exposed data

Email addresses Passwords Usernames

Recommended actions

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