X
X
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
562K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
4
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2019
XKCD

Breach History

XKCD
Jul 2019Critical
562K
Records exposed
4
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In July 2019, the forum for webcomic XKCD suffered a data breach that impacted 562k subscribers. The breached phpBB forum leaked usernames, email and IP addresses and passwords stored in MD5 phpBB3 format. The data was provided to HIBP by white hat security researcher and data analyst Adam Davies.

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