What was exposed, when it happened, and which databases confirm it.
- accounts
- 186,384
- Breached
- November 1, 2019
- Last Update
- January 1, 2023
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What happened
In November 2019, the Serbian technology news website Benchmark suffered a breach of its forum that exposed 93k customer records. The breach exposed IP and email addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. A forum administrator subsequently advised that the breach was due to the forum previously running on an outdated vBulletin instance.
Compromised Info
- Email addresses
- IP addresses
- Passwords
- Usernames
Attestation
Four independent databases catalog this breach and they do not always agree. Each lane below is one source’s own count.
Sources & Link Methods
- LeakCheck— linked via automatic string matching
- HIBP
FAQ
What was leaked in the Benchmark breach?
The Benchmark breach exposed: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, and Usernames.
When did the Benchmark breach happen?
The Benchmark breach was disclosed on November 1, 2019 and affected 186,384 records.
Am I affected by the Benchmark breach?
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