Data breach
BreachForums Version 5: a data breach
In March 2026, a breach of one of the many iterations of the BreachForums hacking forum known as "Version 5" was publicly disclosed . The incident exposed 340k unique email addresses along with usernames and argon2 password hashes.
The record
- Organisation
- BreachForums Version 5 →
- Identity
- BreachForums Version 5identified by its domain in a verified breach record
- Records affected
- 339,778 records
- Data exposed
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Sector
- Not recorded
- Occurred
- 2026-03-26
- Disclosed
- 2026-03-27
- First recorded here
- 2026-09-09
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Sources (1)
One source so far.
- Have I Been Pwned ↗First reported
2026-03-27