MyVidster (2015) Data Breach

What happened

In August 2015, the social video sharing and bookmarking site MyVidster was hacked and nearly 20,000 accounts were dumped online. The dump included usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your MyVidster (2015) 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 MyVidster (2015) — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.