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Public breachBreachXposedOrNot· 1 May 2018

LinuxForums

Domain: linuxforums.org

What happened

LinuxForums.org, a popular online community for discussion of Linux and open source software, experienced two data breaches. The 2016 breach reportedly exposed the email addresses and hashed passwords of over 276,000 LinuxForums.org users. The passwords were reportedly protected with the more secure SHA-256 hashing algorithm, but the breach still posed a risk to users.

Breach facts

Records exposed
275,846
Sensitive
No
Industry
Information Technology
Data exposed
UsernamesEmail addressesPasswordsIP addresses

This page summarises publicly reported breach metadata for awareness. For account recovery or incident response, use the official guidance from the affected service.

Breach data provided by XposedOrNot.