TheTVDB.com Data Breach

What happened

In November 2017, the open television database known as TheTVDB.com suffered a data breach. The breached data was posted to a hacking forum and included 182k records with usernames, email addresses and MySQL password hashes.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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