Two hackers were able to steal email addresses and easily crackable passwords from three separate forums in this latest hack.
Two hackers carried out attacks on three separate game-related forums in July and August. One forum alone accounted for almost half of the breached data — a little under 13 million records; the other two forums make up over 12 million records.
The databases were stolen in early August, according to breach notification site LeakedSource.com, which obtained a copy of the databases.
The hackers’ names aren’t known, but they used known SQL injection vulnerabilities found in older vBulletin forum software to get access to the databases.
Source: Millions of accounts stolen after Russian forums hacked
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