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Breach occurred 2016-07-04Verifieddbforums.com
What happened
In July 2016, a data breach of the now defunct database forum "dBforums" appeared for sale alongside several others hacked from the parent company, Penton. The breach of the vBulletin based forum contained 363k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The dBforums data breach occurred on July 4, 2016. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on September 20, 2023.
363,468 accounts were affected by the dBforums data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The dBforums breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the dBforums breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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