Public breachBreachXposedOrNot· 1 Jul 2019
XKCD
Domain: forums.xkcd.com
What happened
The popular webcomic site XKCD suffered a data breach in 2019, that exposed the personal information of its forum users. The breach occurred due to a vulnerability in the forum software that was exploited by hackers. As a result, user data, including usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords, and IP addresses, was compromised.
Breach facts
- Records exposed
- 562,026
- Sensitive
- No
- Industry
- Entertainment
- Data exposed
- Email addressesUsernamesPasswordsIP 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.