Programming Forums
Disclosed Jul 1, 2017707,432 accountsUnverified
In approximately late 2015, the programming forum at programmingforums.org suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 707k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes of passwords. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.
What is known
| People affected | 707,432 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jul 1, 2017 |
| Happened | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| 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.