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Breach occurred 2019-02-20Verifieddemonforums.net
What happened
In February 2019, the hacking forum Demon Forums suffered a data breach. The compromise of the vBulletin forum exposed 52k unique email addresses alongside usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Demon Forums data breach occurred on February 20, 2019. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on April 4, 2019.
52,623 accounts were affected by the Demon Forums data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Demon Forums breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Demon Forums breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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