A
A
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
423K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
3
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2014
Avast

Breach History

Avast
May 2014Critical
423K
Records exposed
3
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In May 2014, the Avast anti-virus forum was hacked and 423k member records were exposed. The Simple Machines Based forum included usernames, emails and password hashes.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesPasswordsUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
UsernamesLow risk