What was exposed, when it happened, and which databases confirm it.
- accounts
- 1,016,428
- Breached
- November 3, 2015
- Last Update
- January 24, 2016
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What happened
In November 2015, the forum software maker vBulletin suffered a serious data breach. The attack lead to the release of both forum user and customer accounts totalling almost 519k records. The breach included email addresses, birth dates, security questions and answers for customers and salted hashes of passwords for both sources.
Compromised Info
- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- Homepage URLs
- Instant messenger identities
- IP addresses
- Passwords
- Security questions and answers
- Spoken languages
- Website activity
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 domain matching
- HIBP
FAQ
What was leaked in the VBulletin breach?
The VBulletin breach exposed: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Homepage URLs, Instant messenger identities, IP addresses, Passwords, Security questions and answers, Spoken languages, and Website activity.
When did the VBulletin breach happen?
The VBulletin breach was disclosed on November 3, 2015 and affected 518,966 records.
Am I affected by the VBulletin breach?
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