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MajorGeeks data breach (2015)

In November 2015, almost 270k accounts from the MajorGeeks support forum were breached. The accounts were being actively sold and traded online and included email addresses, salted password hashes and IP addresses.

Victim
MajorGeeks
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269.5K
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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 2015-11-15, MajorGeeks was affected by a data breach. Approximately 269,548 accounts were exposed. In November 2015, almost 270k accounts from the MajorGeeks support forum were breached. The accounts were being actively sold and traded online and included email addresses, salted password hashes and IP addresses.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#MajorGeeks
  2. majorgeeks.comhttps://majorgeeks.com

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