Hacked Boxee.tv, 172.234 user accounts leaked

An unknown hacker (or a group) has uploaded a full database of the known web TV service Boxee.tv from 10 March of 2014. He really could not find a worse time for them, as the service has recently announced plans to collaborate with Samsung.

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Η είχε ανακοινωθεί σε ένα ιδιωτικό forum και τα στοιχεία της βάσης δεδομένων έχουν ανέβει σε μια υπηρεσία TOR σε μορφή SQL. Το αρχείο έχει μέγεθος 792 MB και περιέχει 192 πίνακες.

The data leakage contains 158.128 user accounts. Includes 172.234 email addresses from 17.653 e-mail providers / ISPs. Of these, almost 5.500 are high profile e-mail and telecom companies, along with 77.061 gmail accounts.

The database also contains encrypted passwords, dates password information, group IDs, dates of birth, IP addresses, web activities of the service, as well as the personal messages of each account.
The passwords are salted hashes but are easily cracked according to the sources. As proof of the leak, a stranger posted this on the site's forum that includes personal information of security researcher Brian Krebs.

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Written by giorgos

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