BreachForums
Disclosed Jan 10, 20268 months ago323,988 affectedUnverified
BreachForums user database leaked, exposing 323,988 members
The user table of the BreachForums hacking forum was leaked after a backup was left in an unsecured folder during an August 2025 restoration, exposing 323,988 member names, registration dates and IP addresses. The forum's administrator acknowledged the leak.
What is known
| People affected | 323,988 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Happened | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Attack | Exposed data |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Dates of birth, Messages, Names, IP addresses, Other |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: BreachForums (2025)haveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accountsbleepingcomputer.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jan 10 | 672,247 |
| Researchtotal | Jan 10 | 323,988 |
Other breaches at BreachForums
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 20233 years agoHackingUnverified | Jul 26, 20233 years ago | Hacking | Tech | Unverified | 212Kacct |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/BreachForums2025 to https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breachforums-hacking-forum-database-leaked-exposing-324-000-accounts/ · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: hacking to misconfiguration · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords","dob","messages"] to ["emails","passwords","dob","messages","names","ip-addresses","other"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: hibp to organization · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records: 672247 to 323988 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In October 2025, a reincarnation of the hacking forum BreachForums, which had previously been shut down multiple times, was taken offline by a coalition of law enforcement agencies . In the months leading up to the takedown, the site itself to The user table of the BreachForums hacking forum was leaked after a backup was left in an unsecured folder during an August 2025 restoration, exposing 323,988 member names, registration dates and IP addresses. The forum's administrator ackn · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to BreachForums user database leaked, exposing 323,988 members · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.