SkTorrent Data Breach

What happened

In February 2016, the Slovak torrent tracking site SkTorrent was hacked and over 117k records leaked online. The data dump included usernames, email addresses and passwords stored in plain text.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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