Video streaming Website Dailymotion Hacked | 85 Million user accounts Looted

Dailymotion  is a video-sharing website based in France on which users can upload, watch and share videos. It is one of the biggest video platforms in the world, offering a mix of content from users.

The hack was actually announced by Leakedsource after obtaining a database containing 87.6 million accounts, which has usernames, email address and around 18 million password hashes.

Leaked source who usually crack password from dumped sources, dosen’t have a plan of doing so due to it’s encryption strength. Passwords were hashed with the Bcrypt hashing algorithm, with 10 rounds of rekeying. For more details on Bcrypt.

“It would be a waste of resources for us to crack them, so we typically don’t bother,” a LeakedSource spokesperson told Bleeping Computer via email. “A determined hacker who wants to crack one person’s hash may still be able to.”

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Even though passwords are hard to crack, users may be targeted for Phishing campaigns.

How can you stay protected?

1. Consider using a password manager for additional security.
2. Leakedsource indexed dailymotion data, you can check for your account breach.
3. Pay more attention to suspicious email’s, may be they are Phishing emails.