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Breach occurred 2022-11-29Verifiedbreached.vc
What happened
In November 2022, the well-known hacking forum "BreachForums" was itself, breached. Later the following year, the operator of the website was arrested and the site seized by law enforcement agencies. The breach exposed 212k records including usernames, IP and email addresses, private messages between site members and passwords stored as argon2 hashes./a>.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The BreachForums data breach occurred on November 29, 2022. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on July 26, 2023.
212,156 accounts were affected by the BreachForums data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The BreachForums breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Private messages, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the BreachForums breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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