The Pirate Bay’s user database was stolen

The data is encrypted so “don’t be alarmed” they tell visitors to their BitTorrent tracker site’s blog this morning.

Brokep wrote in a blog posting on The Pirate Bay This morning that somebody had found a security hole on the BitTorrent tracker site, specifically in the blog section itself. `

Apparently he does know who was behind the security breach, and I think I’m not alone in being quite curious as to who the entity is. I think the odds stack up pretty nicely that it’s a intellectual copyright concern(take your pick) to be blamed for the attack, especially after recent attempts by some to link The Pirate Bay to right-wing extremist groups field miserably.

Now why people would want to create an account with a PUBLIC BitTorrent tracker site is beyond me but, people certainly didn’t expect this to happen I’m sure. Luckily enough they were encrypted, “very” in fact, according to Brokep.

He recommends that users change their passwords as soon as possible, and that if people use the same password at other BitTorrent tracker sites that they be changed as well.

From The Pirate Bay’s blog:

User data stolen but not unsecured
Hi, we have some sad news, but don’t be alarmed…
Some people (and yes, we know who) found a security hole on our web site (in fact, actually in this blog).
They have got a copy of the user database. That is, your username and passwords. But, the passwords are stored encrypted, so it’s not a big deal, but it’s still very sad that it’s out there. All e-mails are for instance encrypted as well, they will most likely not be able to decrypt them either (they are _very_ encrypted).
We encourage all our users to change passwords as soon as possible – and if you have the same password on the bay as other places, you should update them as well.
Sorry for the mess, but we are all human and we miss something sometimes.

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