Commenting service Disqus informed customers on Friday of a data breach that apparently occurred back in 2012 and which affected roughly 17.5 million user accounts.
Disqus learned of the breach from Troy Hunt, the Australian security expert who created the Have I Been Pwned breach notification service. Hunt said it took the company just under 24 hours after being notified to take action to protect impacted accounts and disclose the breach to the public.
According to Disqus, whose service is used to post roughly 50 million comments every month, the information stored in the database obtained by Hunt had been dated between 2007 and July 2012, which is likely around the time when the breach occurred.
