Ubuntu Forums
Disclosed Jul 20, 201313 years ago1,820,000 affectedUnverified
Ubuntu Forums hack exposes data of all 1.82 million registered users
Canonical closed the Ubuntu Forums after a defacement and warned that email addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes for every registered user, about 1.82 million accounts, were exposed.
What is known
| People affected | 1,820,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jul 20, 2013 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Names |
| Sector | Tech · GB |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Hack exposes e-mail addresses, password data for 2 million Ubuntu Forum usersarstechnica.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Jul 20, 2013 | 1,820,000 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.