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Breach occurred 2016-07-01Verifiedwebhostingtalk.com
What happened
In July 2016, the Web Hosting Talk forum suffered a data breach that was subsequently listed for sale. The breach of the vBulletin based forum exposed 515k user records including usernames, email addresses, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Web Hosting Talk data breach occurred on July 1, 2016. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on December 17, 2025.
515,149 accounts were affected by the Web Hosting Talk data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Web Hosting Talk breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Web Hosting Talk breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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