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Breach occurred 2011-10-30Verifiedandroidforums.com
What happened
In October 2011, the Android Forums website was hacked and 745k user accounts were subsequently leaked publicly. The compromised data included email addresses, user birth dates and passwords stored as a salted MD5 hash.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Android Forums data breach occurred on October 30, 2011. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on December 20, 2015.
745,355 accounts were affected by the Android Forums data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Android Forums breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Homepage URLs, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Android Forums breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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