
HoundDawgs
What Happened
In December 2017, the Danish torrent tracker known as HoundDawgs suffered a data breach. More than 55GB of data was dumped publicly and whilst there was initially contention as to the severity of the incident, the data did indeed contain more than 45k unique email addresses complete extensive logs of torrenting activity, IP addresses and SHA1 passwords.
Compromised Data
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Affected Accounts:
45.7 thousand
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Breach Occurred:
December 2017
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Added to HIBP:
3 Jan 2018
Recommended Actions
Change Your Password
If you haven't changed your HoundDawgs password since 2017, do so immediately.
Enable Two-Factor Authentication
Add an extra layer of security to your account.