ShellCodeX Breach Report
Sumo Torrent Data Breach
sumotorrent.sx
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
285,191
Breach date
21 Jun 2014
Added to tracker
09 Mar 2016
Data classes
5
What happened
In June 2014, the torrent site Sumo Torrent was hacked and 285k member records were exposed. The data included IP addresses, email addresses and passwords stored as weak MD5 hashes.
Exposed data
Email addresses
IP addresses
Passwords
Usernames
Website activity
Recommended actions
- Change your Sumo Torrent 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 Sumo Torrent — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
