Verified Data Breach

What happened

In January 2014, one of the largest communities of Eastern Europe cybercriminals known as "Verified" was hacked. The breach exposed nearly 17k users of the vBulletin forum including their personal messages and other potentially personally identifiable information.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Verified 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 Verified — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.