C
C
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
483K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
4
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2018
Creative

Breach History

Creative
May 2018Critical
483K
Records exposed
4
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In May 2018, the forum for Singaporean hardware company Creative Technology suffered a data breach which resulted in the disclosure of 483k unique email addresses. Running on an old version of vBulletin, the breach also disclosed usernames, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes. After being notified of the incident, Creative permanently shut down the forum.

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