V
V
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
519K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
9
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
VBulletin

Breach History

VBulletin
Nov 2015Critical
519K
Records exposed
9
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In November 2015, the forum software maker vBulletin suffered a serious data breach. The attack lead to the release of both forum user and customer accounts totalling almost 519k records. The breach included email addresses, birth dates, security questions and answers for customers and salted hashes of passwords for both sources.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesHomepage URLsInstant messenger identitiesIP addressesPasswordsSecurity questions and answersSpoken languagesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
Homepage URLsLow risk
Instant messenger identitiesLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Security questions and answersLow risk
Spoken languagesLow risk
Website activityLow risk