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Breach occurred 2023-06-17Verifiedbreachforums.vc
What happened
In June 2023, a clone of the previously shuttered popular hacking forum "BreachForums" suffered a data breach that exposed over 4k records. The breach was due to an exposed backup of the MyBB database which included email and IP addresses, usernames and Argon2 password hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The BreachForums Clone data breach occurred on June 17, 2023. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on June 25, 2023.
4,204 accounts were affected by the BreachForums Clone data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The BreachForums Clone breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the BreachForums Clone breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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