Avast! Data Breach

Prague-based antivirus company Avast said on Monday it took its community forum offline after a data breach. Usernames and nicknames, email addresses and encrypted passwords were obtained in an attack over the weekend.

http://www.cso.com.au/article/546037/avast_takes_community_forum_offline_after_data_breach/

Edit: Added Avast statement link.

http://blog.avast.com/2014/05/26/avast-forum-offline-due-to-attack/

 

Avast statement

 

200,000,000 X .002 = 400,000

(quote) 0.2% of the firm’s 200 million users were affected "“ which still amounts to a not insubstantial 400,000

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/38576/av-firm-avast-shuts-online-forum-after-hack-attack/

 

Oops, looks like I missed a zero.

I'll correct it, thanks,