CD Projekt RED discussion board hack exposes nearly 1.9 million usernames, emails, salted SHA1 passwords

Back in March 2016, the CD Projekt RED boards have been hacked, and in the present day, the variety of accounts compromised has come to gentle.

Data breach website Have I Been Pwned has added the CD Projekt RED to its checklist of websites and accounts customers can examine. According to the service, the breach uncovered “almost 1.9 million accounts along with usernames, email addresses and salted SHA1 passwords.”

Per PCgamesN, the info was made out there in the present day, and an electronic mail from Have I Been Pwned posted by IT Pro notes generally “there can be a lengthy lead time of months or even years before the data is disclosed publicly.”

If you may have ever signed up on official CD Projekt RED boards, go change your password and another website you utilize the identical electronic mail tackle for simply to be secure.