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vBulletin

Disclosed Jan 24, 2016518,966 accountsUnverified

In November 2015, the forum software maker vBulletin suffered a serious data breach . The attack lead to the release of both forum user and customer accounts totalling almost 519k records. The breach included email addresses, birth dates, security questions and answers for customers and salted hashes of passwords for both sources.

What is known

People affected518,966 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedJan 24, 2016
HappenedNov 3, 2015
AttackNot stated
Data exposedDates of birthEmailsIP addressesPasswordsCredentials and tokens
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

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

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