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Breach occurred 2011-06-25Verifiedhackforums.net
What happened
In June 2011, the hacktivist group known as "LulzSec" leaked one final large data breach they titled "50 days of lulz". The compromised data came from sources such as AT&T, Battlefield Heroes and the hackforums.net website. The leaked Hack Forums data included credentials and personal information of nearly 200,000 registered forum users.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The hackforums.net data breach occurred on June 25, 2011. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on May 11, 2014.
191,540 accounts were affected by the hackforums.net data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The hackforums.net breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords, Social connections, Spoken languages, Time zones, User website URLs, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the hackforums.net breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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