AhaShare.com Data Breach

What happened?

In May 2013, the torrent site AhaShare.com suffered a breach which resulted in more than 180k user accounts being published publicly. The breach included a raft of personal information on registered users plus despite assertions of not distributing personally identifiable information, the site also leaked the IP addresses used by the registered identities.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is May 30, 2013. The record was added to the catalogue on November 6, 2014 and last updated there on November 6, 2014.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Partial dates of birth
• Passwords
• Usernames
• Website activity

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with AhaShare.com or used ahashare.com around May 30, 2013. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.