What Happened

In August 2023, the US Justice Department announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure. After the takedown, 6.43M email addresses were provided to HIBP to help notify victims of the malware.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Passwords

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    6.4 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    August 2023

  • Added to HIBP:

    29 Aug 2023

Breach Classification

HIBP enables you to discover if your account was exposed in most of the data breaches by directly searching the system. However, certain breaches are particularly sensitive in that someone's presence in the breach may adversely impact them if others are able to find that they were a member of the site.

A sensitive data breach can only be searched by the verified owner of the email address being searched for. This is done via the notification system which involves sending a verification email to the address with a unique link.

There are presently 74 sensitive breaches in the system including Adult FriendFinder, Ashley Madison, and others.

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Qakbot password since 2023, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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