BreachForums Clone

What Happened

In June 2023, a clone of the previously shuttered popular hacking forum "BreachForums" suffered a data breach that exposed over 4k records. The breach was due to an exposed backup of the MyBB database which included email and IP addresses, usernames and Argon2 password hashes.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
IP addresses
Passwords
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    4.2 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    June 2023

  • Added to HIBP:

    25 Jun 2023

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Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your BreachForums Clone password since 2023, do so immediately.

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