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BitTorrent data breach (2016)

In January 2016, the forum for the popular torrent software BitTorrent was hacked. The IP.Board based forum stored passwords as weak SHA1 salted hashes and the breached data also included usernames, email and IP addresses.

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BitTorrent
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34.2K
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2016-01-01, BitTorrent was affected by a data breach. Approximately 34,235 accounts were exposed. In January 2016, the forum for the popular torrent software BitTorrent was hacked. The IP.Board based forum stored passwords as weak SHA1 salted hashes and the breached data also included usernames, email and IP addresses.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#BitTorrent
  2. bittorrent.comhttps://bittorrent.com

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