ShellCodeX Breach Report
BlackSpigotMC Data Breach
blackspigot.com
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
140,029
Breach date
14 Jul 2019
Added to tracker
17 Jul 2019
Data classes
7
What happened
In July 2019, the hacking website BlackSpigotMC suffered a data breach. The XenForo forum based site was allegedly compromised by a rival hacking website and resulted in 8.5GB of data being leaked including the database and website itself. The exposed data included 140k unique email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, genders, geographic locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
Exposed data
Device information
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Passwords
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Change your BlackSpigotMC password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
- Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing BlackSpigotMC — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
