LowBreachHave I Been Pwned — public breach catalog· 18 Dec 2025
The Botting Network — 96K accounts
Severity: Low · Kind: Data breach
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In August 2012, the forum for making money with botting "The Botting Network" suffered a data breach that exposed 96k user records . The now defunct vBulletin forum leaked 96k email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.
Breach facts
- Accounts affected
- 96,320
- Verified
- Yes
- Sensitive
- No
- Domain
- thebotnet.com
- Data exposed
- Dates of birthEmail addressesPasswordsUsernames
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