MyFitnessPal breach compromises 150 million user accounts

Under Armour began notifying users today about a data breach that compromised 150 million accounts on its popular lifestyle app, MyFitnessPal — a free calorie counter and exercise journal available on both iOS and Android. The company first learned of the breach today and acted quickly to notify users via both email and in-app notifications. The breach reportedly occurred during February of this year, and compromised user details like usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. Under Armour states that the majority of the stolen passwords are encrypted with a hashing algorithm called “bcrypt.” While “bcrypt” is generally considered safe —…

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