Breachesby GlyphWeb Hosting Talk
Disclosed Dec 17, 2025515,149 accountsConfirmed
In July 2016, the Web Hosting Talk forum suffered a data breach that was subsequently listed for sale . The breach of the vBulletin based forum exposed 515k user records including usernames, email addresses, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.
What is known
| People affected | 515,149 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Happened | Jul 1, 2016 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | EmailsIP addressesPasswords |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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History of this record
First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned), confirmed by Company page. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.