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Android Forums Hacked: 1 Million User Credentials Stolen

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Phandroid's AndroidForums.com has been hacked. The database that powers the site was compromised and more than one million user account details were stolen. If you use the forum, make sure to change your password ASAP. From the article: 'Phandroid has revealed that its Android Forums website was hacked this week using a known exploit. The data that was accessed includes usernames, e-mail addresses, hashed passwords, registration IP addresses, and other less-critical forum-related information. At the time of writing, the forum listed 1,034,235 members.'"

2 of 93 comments (clear)

  1. Re:lol linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    It wasn't funny. Damn sure wasn't insightful or informative. Maybe inciteful.

  2. Original Source by izomiac · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the original source, with more information and less sensationalism. They aren't sure if any user information was downloaded, but are treating this as a full breach. To their credit, they at least hashed the passwords, and chose to inform their userbase rather than sit on it until they figured out if any user data was actually stolen or not.