US uTorrent Jun 2016 Hacking (Q15619)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | US uTorrent Jun 2016 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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June 2016
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The BitTorrent Client uTorrent, established by Ludvig Strigeus and later acquired by BitTorrent Inc., has issued a warning to its users regarding a security breach of their forum which allowed hackers to steal user information and password hashes of the site. Naturally, uTorrent has urged its users to immediately change their passwords. As a precaution, we are advising our users to change their passwords. The breach, as per the advisory alert published by uTorrent, occurred on 6th June after the company was alerted about the breach by the software vendor of the forum. The forum uses an IP.Board and a cloud-based service as cited by SoftPedia. Attackers have downloaded information of all uTorrent users although it is unclear what sort of data has been downloaded. uTorrents team believes th (English)
