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Breach occurred 2015-12-01Verifieddaniweb.com
What happened
In late 2015, the technology and social site DaniWeb suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the disclosure of 1.1 million accounts including email and IP addresses which were also accompanied by salted MD5 hashes of passwords. However, DaniWeb have advised that "the breached password hashes and salts are incorrect" and that they have since switched to new infrastructure and software.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The DaniWeb data breach occurred on December 1, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on December 28, 2016.
1,131,636 accounts were affected by the DaniWeb data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The DaniWeb breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the DaniWeb breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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