Breachesby GlyphBitcoin Talk
Disclosed Mar 27, 2017501,407 accountsUnverified
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.
What is known
| People affected | 501,407 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 27, 2017 |
| Happened | May 22, 2015 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsIP addressesPasswordsCredentials and tokens |
| Sector | Crypto |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.