By far, uTorrent is the most used BitTorrent client around with over 150 million active users a month.

While the vulnerability didnt originate at the uTorrent forums, it was indirectly compromised.

Hackers were able to get the whole user database.

?Torrent Forum Hacked, usernames and passwords may have been stolen

The vulnerability appears to have been through one of the vendors other clients.

As a result, attackers were able to download a list of our forum users.

We are investigating further to learn if any other information was accessed.

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As a precaution, we are advising our users to change their passwords.

The company has not confirmed the number of accounts compromised and data stolen in this hack.

source: www.techworm.net