Breachesby GlyphCrimeAgency vBulletin Hacks
Disclosed Mar 21, 2017942,044 accountsUnverified
In January 2016, a large number of unpatched vBulletin forums were compromised by an actor known as "CrimeAgency" . A total of 140 forums had data including usernames, email addresses and passwords (predominantly stored as salted MD5 hashes), extracted and then distributed. Refer to the complete list of the forums for further information on which sites were impacted.
What is known
| People affected | 942,044 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 21, 2017 |
| Happened | Jan 19, 2017 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | EmailsPasswords |
| 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.