Xbox-Scene Data Breach

What happened

In approximately February 2015, the Xbox forum known as Xbox-Scene was hacked and more than 432k accounts were exposed. The IP.Board forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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