ShellCodeX Breach Report
BreachForums Clone Data Breach
breachforums.vc
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
4,204
Breach date
17 Jun 2023
Added to tracker
25 Jun 2023
Data classes
4
What happened
In June 2023, a clone of the previously shuttered popular hacking forum "BreachForums" suffered a data breach that exposed over 4k records. The breach was due to an exposed backup of the MyBB database which included email and IP addresses, usernames and Argon2 password hashes.
Exposed data
Email addresses
IP addresses
Passwords
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Change your BreachForums Clone 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 BreachForums Clone — 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
