BreachForums (2025): a data breach
In October 2025, a reincarnation of the hacking forum BreachForums, which had previously been shut down multiple times, was taken offline by a coalition of law enforcement agencies . In the months leading up to the takedown, the site itself suffered a data breach that exposed a total of 672k unique email addresses across all tables, including within forum posts and private messages. The users table alone contained 324k unique email addresses, usernames, and Argon2 password hashes.
The record
- Organisation
- BreachForums (2025) →
- Identity
- BreachForums (2025)identified by its domain in a verified breach record
- Records affected
- 672,247 records
- Data exposed
- Email addresses, Forum posts, Passwords, Private messages, Usernames
- Sector
- Not recorded
- Occurred
- 2025-08-11
- Disclosed
- 2026-01-10
- First recorded here
- 2026-09-09
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Sources (1)
One source so far.
- Have I Been Pwned ↗First reported
2026-01-10