HoundDawgs Data Breach

What happened?

In December 2017, the Danish torrent tracker known as HoundDawgs suffered a data breach . More than 55GB of data was dumped publicly and whilst there was initially contention as to the severity of the incident , the data did indeed contain more than 45k unique email addresses complete extensive logs of torrenting activity, IP addresses and SHA1 passwords.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is December 30, 2017. The record was added to the catalogue on January 3, 2018 and last updated there on January 3, 2018.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Passwords
• 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 HoundDawgs or used hounddawgs.org around December 30, 2017. 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.