UN Internet Governance Forum Data Breach

What happened

In February 2014, the Internet Governance Forum (formed by the United Nations for policy dialogue on issues of internet governance) was attacked by hacker collective known as Deletesec. Although tasked with "ensuring the security and stability of the Internet", the IGF’s website was still breached and resulted in the leak of 3,200 email addresses, names, usernames and cryptographically stored passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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