Breachesby GlyphBitTorrent
Disclosed Jun 8, 201634,235 accountsUnverified
In January 2016, the forum for the popular torrent software BitTorrent was hacked . The IP.Board based forum stored passwords as weak SHA1 salted hashes and the breached data also included usernames, email and IP addresses.
What is known
| People affected | 34,235 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jun 8, 2016 |
| Happened | Jan 1, 2016 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | EmailsIP addressesPasswords |
| Sector | Tech |
| 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.