The administrators of the uTorrent forum have published a security advisory on their website, warning users of a hack that took place in their forum database. The unknown attacker managed to steal the credentials of uTorrent forum users, along with their hashed passwords.
uTorrent is a popular BitTorrent client, which was created by Ludvig Strigeus and later acquired by BitTorren Inc. Just like any software application, the project team runs a forum on their website, where users can ask questions, read announcements, or get in touch with the developers.
Two days ago, on June 6, the uTorrent team announced the hack of their forum, which was first reported to them by the vendor of the forum software they use.
uTorrent runs a forum IP.Board on the cloud-based service provided by Invision Power Services.
So IPB informed that one of its customers was hit and thus the attacker was able to escalate his access to other Invision customers, including the uTorrent account.
The company told uTorrent that the attacker managed to download information from forum users. It is not currently known what data the hacker or hackers obtained, but the uTorrent team believes that all passwords are at risk, even if they were hashed (encrypted).
“As a precautionary measure, we advise our users to change their passwords…. Anyone who uses the same forum password elsewhere is strongly advised to update your passwords and this practice for your personal security.”
The uTorrent forum has more than 385,000 registered users.
