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BreachForums2025

Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
672K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
5
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2025
BreachForums2025

Breach History

BreachForums2025
Aug 2025Critical
672.2K
Records exposed
5
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In October 2025, a reincarnation of the hacking forum BreachForums, which had previously been shut down multiple times, was taken offline by a coalition of law enforcement agencies. In the months leading up to the takedown, the site itself suffered a data breach that exposed a total of 672k unique email addresses across all tables, including within forum posts and private messages. The users table alone contained 324k unique email addresses, usernames, and Argon2 password hashes.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesForum postsPasswordsPrivate messagesUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
Forum postsLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Private messagesLow risk
UsernamesLow risk