OpenSubtitles Data Breach Affects 6.7 Million Users

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OpenSubtitles, one of the world’s largest online repositories of subtitle files, has confirmed a cyberattack leading to the exposure of personal data of nearly 7 million subscribers.

According to a notification posted by ‘OSS’, one of the site admins, a malicious actor notified them of the breach via Telegram in August 2021. The hacker provided proof of how he gained access to user tables and demanded a large payment in Bitcoin to refrain from disclosing the attack and leaking user data online.

Read the full article below:

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/opensubtitles-data-breach-affects-6-7-million-users-emails-passwords-and-usernames-left-in-the-wild/