Mangadex Works With ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ to Warn Users About Hacked Database

guest · Apr 23, 2021

Mangadex Works With ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ to Warn Users About Hacked Database
April 22, 2021
https://torrentfreak.com/mangadex-w...d-to-warn-users-about-hacked-database-210422/

Huge scanlation platform MangaDex says that following a hack in March, its database is now confirmed as being "in the wild". With usernames, email addresses and IP address data now potentially public knowledge, users are being assured that the site is doing all it can to mitigate the breach, including by working with prominent data breach platform Have I Been Pwned.
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Serving tens of millions of visitors every month, the site was home to a dedicated fanbase.

On March 17, however, the site was targeted in a malicious attack that saw an unnamed third-party gain unauthorized access to an administrator account by utilizing information found in an earlier database leak.
Rather than trying to patch all possible attack vectors, MangaDex took the decision to shut itself down and continue work on a new version of the site.
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Unfortunately, new information released this week indicates the worst-case scenario of a full database leak has now become reality.

“[W]e have positively identified the database leak in the wild, as we had feared would happen. This means that your username, email, IP address and securely hashed passwords are now potentially public knowledge,” MangaDex’s operators warn.
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