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Breach occurred 2014-11-15Verifiedmalwarebytes.org
What happened
In November 2014, the Malwarebytes forum was hacked and 111k member records were exposed. The IP.Board forum included email and IP addresses, birth dates and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Malwarebytes data breach occurred on November 15, 2014. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 9, 2016.
111,623 accounts were affected by the Malwarebytes data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Malwarebytes breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Malwarebytes breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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