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Breach occurred 2015-11-15Verifiedmajorgeeks.com
What happened
In November 2015, almost 270k accounts from the MajorGeeks support forum were breached. The accounts were being actively sold and traded online and included email addresses, salted password hashes and IP addresses.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The MajorGeeks data breach occurred on November 15, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 3, 2016.
269,548 accounts were affected by the MajorGeeks data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The MajorGeeks breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the MajorGeeks breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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