Black Hat World Data Breach

What happened?

In June 2014, the search engine optimisation forum Black Hat World had three quarters of a million accounts breached from their system. The breach included various personally identifiable attributes which were publicly released in a MySQL database script.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is June 23, 2014. The record was added to the catalogue on November 3, 2015 and last updated there on November 3, 2015.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Instant messenger identities
• IP addresses
• Passwords
• Usernames
• Website activity

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Black Hat World or used blackhatworld.com around June 23, 2014. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.