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Linux Forums data breach (2018)

In May 2018, the Linux Forums website suffered a data breach which resulted in the disclosure of 276k unique email addresses. Running on an old version of vBulletin, the breach also disclosed usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.

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275.8K
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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 2018-05-01, Linux Forums was affected by a data breach. Approximately 275,785 accounts were exposed. In May 2018, the Linux Forums website suffered a data breach which resulted in the disclosure of 276k unique email addresses. Running on an old version of vBulletin, the breach also disclosed usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#LinuxForums
  2. linuxforums.orghttps://linuxforums.org

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