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Breach occurred 2014-06-23Verifiedblackhatworld.com
What happened
In June 2014, the search engine optimisation forum Black Hat World had three quarters of a million accounts breached from their system. The breach included various personally identifiable attributes which were publicly released in a MySQL database script.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Black Hat World data breach occurred on June 23, 2014. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on November 3, 2015.
777,387 accounts were affected by the Black Hat World data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Black Hat World breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Black Hat World breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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