Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach) data breach
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This article is about the February 2016 breach of Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach). For every breach, see Breaches.
The Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach) data breach exposed 1,771,845 accounts from flashflashrevolution.com in February 2016. The data taken includes passwords, usernames and email addresses.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 6 Sep 2016, 7 months later. It is the 327th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach)’s breach included 3 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. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
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 (2016 breach) among them, without showing the data.
- Change your Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach) password.If the account still exists, sign in at Flash Flash Revolution (2016 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 (2016 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, 7 months later.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Dailymotion, October 2016, 85 million accounts
- Evony, June 2016, 29 million accounts
- Tunngle, July 2016, 8.2 million accounts
- Funimation, July 2016, 2.5 million accounts
- CD Projekt RED, March 2016, 1.9 million accounts
- OnRPG, July 2016, 1 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach)”, Have I Been Pwned, added 6 Sep 2016. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- flashflashrevolution.com, Flash Flash Revolution (2016 breach)’s website