Bitcoin Talk

What Happened

In May 2015, the Bitcoin forum Bitcoin Talk was hacked and over 500k unique email addresses were exposed. The attack led to the exposure of a raft of personal data including usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, security questions and MD5 hashes of their answers plus hashes of the passwords themselves.

Compromised Data

Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
IP addresses
Passwords
Security questions and answers
Usernames
Website activity

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    501.4 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    May 2015

  • Added to HIBP:

    27 Mar 2017

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Bitcoin Talk password since 2015, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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