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Breach occurred 2015-05-22Verifiedbitcointalk.org
What happened
In May 2015, the Bitcoin forum Bitcoin Talk was hacked and over 500k unique email addresses were exposed. The attack led to the exposure of a raft of personal data including usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, security questions and MD5 hashes of their answers plus hashes of the passwords themselves.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Bitcoin Talk data breach occurred on May 22, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 27, 2017.
501,407 accounts were affected by the Bitcoin Talk data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Bitcoin Talk breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Passwords, Security questions and answers, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Bitcoin Talk breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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