Taringa suffers a hack and 28 million accounts have been affected

Most of you probably know about Taringa. It is one of the largest online communities where thousands of different topics are shared. It is a website that usually has great repercussion, and enjoys great success in Spanish-speaking countries. After the hack on Instagram a few days ago, the same thing happens now with Taringa.

Taringa suffers a hack and 28 million accounts have been affected

LeakBase has reportedly managed to get hold of a copy of the community database. In it there is a huge amount of information. In fact, there are a total of 28.7 million accounts. In addition to the affected accounts, they have also obtained passwords, names and emails.

Hacking in Taringa

Worst of all, it seems that Taringa has done everything possible to keep it a secret. Because the hack in question occurred in August. And the website has not informed users at any time. A considerable error, and that does not give a very good image to the community.

The passwords most used by the members of Taringa have been revealed . And in that aspect something frequent happens again. User passwords are insecure. In fact, the most used is the classic 123456789. Although, most of them are generally simple, so it would be easy to steal them anyway. Also the Taringa encryption leaves a lot to be desired. The website used the 128-bit MD5 algorithm, something that is already obsolete.

From what you can see that Taringa has given hackers too many facilities. For users who have an account in the community, it is recommended to change the password. And bet on one that is really safe. We expect some reaction from the web in the coming days.