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Botting Network

Disclosed Dec 18, 202596,320 accountsUnverified

In August 2012, the forum for making money with botting "The Botting Network" suffered a data breach that exposed 96k user records . The now defunct vBulletin forum leaked 96k email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.

What is known

People affected96,320 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedDec 18, 2025
HappenedAug 12, 2012
AttackNot stated
Data exposedDates of birthEmailsPasswords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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