Have Pistonheads had a data breach?

[Dan_1981]

I recently upgraded to the latest version of chrome which apparently checks if a password and username has been shared online elsewhere in a data leak.

(https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/10/21004434/google-chrome-79-password-protections-security-stolen-password-data-features)

When I just logged into Pistonheads (as i'd been booted out again) the popup appeared warning me to change my password as the combination has been found online.

Pretty certain I don't use this username & password combination anywhere else.

So has Pistonheads lost my user info?

[FourWheelDrift]

Update Chrome again, it's now Version 80.0.3987.87.

and check again, could have been a Chrome fart. I don't get a warning.


Ps, That story was from December so you should be on a newer version anyway.

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Even if PH had suffered a hack, the hackers wouldn’t be able to see our passwords as PH encrypts them.

[MattDell]

If you put the email you've registed on PistonHeads with into this website, does it come back as compromised? https://haveibeenpwned.com

[Blown2CV]

anyone else had this

[BenLowden]

Blown2CV said:

anyone else had this

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