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MajorGeeks

Disclosed Mar 3, 201610 years ago269,548 accountsUnverified

In November 2015, almost 270k accounts from the MajorGeeks support forum were breached. The accounts were being actively sold and traded online and included email addresses, salted password hashes and IP addresses.

What is known

People affected269,548 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMar 3, 2016
HappenedNov 15, 2015
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmails, IP addresses, Passwords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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Sources

Source
Have I Been Pwned: MajorGeekshaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the dataMar 3, 2016269,548
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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