Android Forums

What Happened

In October 2011, the Android Forums website was hacked and 745k user accounts were subsequently leaked publicly. The compromised data included email addresses, user birth dates and passwords stored as a salted MD5 hash.

Compromised Data

Dates of birth
Email addresses
Homepage URLs
Instant messenger identities
IP addresses
Passwords

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    745.4 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    October 2011

  • Added to HIBP:

    20 Dec 2015

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Android Forums password since 2011, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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