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Android Forums data breach (2011)

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.

Victim
Android Forums
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745.4K
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2011-10-30, Android Forums was affected by a data breach. Approximately 745,355 accounts were exposed. 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.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#AndroidForums
  2. androidforums.comhttps://androidforums.com

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