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Breach occurred 2018-05-01Verifiedlinuxforums.org
What happened
In May 2018, the Linux Forums website suffered a data breach which resulted in the disclosure of 276k unique email addresses. Running on an old version of vBulletin, the breach also disclosed usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes. Linux Forums did not respond to multiple attempts to contact them about the breach.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Linux Forums data breach occurred on May 1, 2018. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on June 7, 2018.
275,785 accounts were affected by the Linux Forums data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Linux Forums breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Linux Forums breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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