Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach) data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2019 breach of Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach). For every breach, see Breaches.
The Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach) data breach exposed 1,858,124 accounts from flashflashrevolution.com in July 2019. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, dates of birth, email addresses and IP addresses.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 21 Jul 2019, within a month. It is the 322nd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach)’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Dates of birth | Used to prove who you are to banks and phone companies. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| IP addresses | Roughly where you were when you used the service. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach) among them, without showing the data.
- Change your Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach) password.If the account still exists, sign in at Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach) (flashflashrevolution.com) and change it.
- Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
- Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
- Distrust messages that mention Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach).Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, within a month.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Armor Games, January 2019, 11 million accounts
- TaiLieu, November 2019, 7.3 million accounts
- AlpineReplay, August 2019, 898,681 accounts
- Wattpad, June 2020, 269 million accounts
- 500px, July 2018, 15 million accounts
- Wishbone (2020), January 2020, 9.7 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach)”, Have I Been Pwned, added 21 Jul 2019. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- flashflashrevolution.com, Flash Flash Revolution (2019 breach)’s website