BreachForums Data Breach

What happened?

In November 2022, the well-known hacking forum "BreachForums" was itself, breached. Later the following year, the operator of the website was arrested and the site seized by law enforcement agencies . The breach exposed 212k records including usernames, IP and email addresses, private messages between site members and passwords stored as argon2 hashes./a>.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is November 29, 2022. The record was added to the catalogue on July 26, 2023 and last updated there on July 26, 2023.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Passwords
• Private messages
• Usernames

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 BreachForums or used breached.vc around November 29, 2022. 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.