886 MyWebSport Accounts Hit the Dark Web With MD5 Password Hashes

HEROIC's DarkHive surfaced a new database dump on December 1, 2024 from MyWebSport, the Austrian operator of laser-powered semi-virtual billiards experiences based at mywebsport.com. The exposed dataset caught our attention because passwords were hashed with MD5, an algorithm security teams have warned against for over a decade. Cross-referencing the leak against our 400B+ record index confirmed 886 unique users compromised, including email addresses, usernames, first names, last names, and the corresponding MD5 password hashes.

Why This Database Breach Is Dangerous

MD5 hashes can be cracked on consumer GPUs in minutes, which means the MyWebSport passwords should be treated as effectively plaintext. Paired with the real names and email addresses in the dump, attackers can launch convincing targeted phishing campaigns against a clearly identifiable Austrian audience.

What Was Exposed in the MyWebSport Breach

• 886 unique email addresses
• Usernames tied to MyWebSport accounts
• First and last names for personalized phishing
• Password hashes stored with the obsolete MD5 algorithm

Why This Matters

MyWebSport serves a niche audience of venue operators and billiard enthusiasts, the kind of tight community where a breach ripples quickly through social and business networks. Because MD5 offers no meaningful protection, every credential in this dump should be assumed compromised and rotated immediately, especially if the password was reused on banking, email, or workplace systems.

How Database Breaches Like MyWebSport Happen

Small software vendors often inherit legacy PHP codebases that still call md5() on passwords at registration. A single SQL injection or unauthenticated admin endpoint can expose the full user table to an attacker, who then publishes or sells it on hacking forums. Modern alternatives like bcrypt and Argon2 would have made this dump far less damaging.

Check If You Are Affected

Run HEROIC's free breach scanner to see if your email appears in the MyWebSport breach or any of the billions of records in our DarkHive index. You will get a full list of exposures linked to your identity plus clear remediation steps to protect your other accounts.