Business Acumen Magazine
What was exposed
Email addressesNamesPasswordsUsernamesWebsite activity
What to do if you were affected
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In April 2014, the Australian "Business Acumen Magazine" website was hacked by an attacker known as 1337MiR . The breach resulted in over 26,000 accounts being exposed including usernames, email addresses and password stored with a weak cryptographic hashing algorithm (MD5 with no salt).
Frequently asked questions
What is the Business Acumen Magazine data breach?
In April 2014, the Australian "Business Acumen Magazine" website was hacked by an attacker known as 1337MiR . The breach resulted in over 26,000 accounts being exposed including usernames, email addresses and password stored with a weak cryptographic hashing...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around April 2014.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 26,596 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames and Website activity.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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