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Breach occurred 2015-11-03Verifiedvbulletin.com
What happened
In November 2015, the forum software maker vBulletin suffered a serious data breach. The attack lead to the release of both forum user and customer accounts totalling almost 519k records. The breach included email addresses, birth dates, security questions and answers for customers and salted hashes of passwords for both sources.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The vBulletin data breach occurred on November 3, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on January 24, 2016.
518,966 accounts were affected by the vBulletin data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The vBulletin breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Homepage URLs, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords, Security questions and answers, Spoken languages, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the vBulletin breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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