Dota 2 Forum Breach Leaks 2 Million User Accounts (zdnet.com)

Reader cloud.pt writes: In another case of serious programmer impairment, the DOTA 2 official forums have been hacked, making available to the perpetrators around 2 million emails, usernames, and MD5 hashed passwords. [...] From the report: The hack was carried out last month on July 10. The copy of the leaked database was provided to breach notification site LeakedSource.com, which allows users to search their usernames and email addresses in a wealth of stolen and hacked data. The hacker took advantage of an SQL injection vulnerability used by the older vBulletin forum software, which powers the community. That allowed them to access the database of limited user data, such as username, email, IP address of the user. The data also includes the user's hashed password -- which uses the MD5 algorithm, which is widely considered insecure by today's standards, alongside the salt, used to scramble the password further. A member of the LeakedSource group told me that 1.54 million of the passwords -- or about 80 percent -- have already been unscrambled using rudimentary and run-of-the-mill cracking tools.

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For those who don't know what DOTA stands for:

[DatbeDank]

It stands for Defense of the Ancients. Come on editors, save me from having to Google acronyms!

Re:For those who don't know what DOTA stands for:

[Bearhouse]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Dota 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Valve Corporation for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game is the stand-alone sequel to Defense of the Ancients (DotA), which was a mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion pack, The Frozen Throne. Dota 2 is played in matches between two teams that consist of five players, who each occupy their own base on the map. Each player controls a powerful character, known as a "hero", that feature unique abilities and different styles of play. During a match, a player collects experience points, gold, and items for their hero in order to fight heroes of the opposing team, while attempting to push through their defenses. A team wins by being the first to destroy a large structure located in the opposing team's base, called the "Ancient".

Re:For those who don't know what DOTA stands for:

[Nunya666]

All the acronyms on this site, and THAT one you have to Google?

Based on your comment, it appears that you are a gamer, all 3 of your friends are gamers, and you can't imagine that anyone on a News for Nerds site is not also a gamer.

You might want to get out of your mom's basement more often.

Re:Modern hacking

[Big Hairy Ian]

XKCD - https://xkcd.com/327/