MediumBreachHave I Been Pwned — public breach catalog· 20 Sept 2023

dBforums — 363K accounts

Severity: Medium · Kind: Data breach

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In July 2016, a data breach of the now defunct database forum "dBforums" appeared for sale alongside several others hacked from the parent company, Penton . The breach of the vBulletin based forum contained 363k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.

Breach facts

Accounts affected: 363,468
Verified: Yes
Sensitive: No
Domain: dbforums.com
Data exposed: Dates of birthEmail addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernames

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