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BitcoinTalk

Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
501K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
8
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
BitcoinTalk

Breach History

BitcoinTalk
May 2015Critical
501.4K
Records exposed
8
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In May 2015, the Bitcoin forum Bitcoin Talk was hacked and over 500k unique email addresses were exposed. The attack led to the exposure of a raft of personal data including usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, security questions and MD5 hashes of their answers plus hashes of the passwords themselves.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesGendersIP addressesPasswordsSecurity questions and answersUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
GendersLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Security questions and answersLow risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk