Personal Data Leak Monitor

Web Hosting Talk data breach

515K accounts from Web Hosting Talk (webhostingtalk.com) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included passwords, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
July 1, 2016
Accounts
515,149
Added to the database
December 17, 2025

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What leaked

Email addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernames

What to do now

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  2. Do not tap links in emails claiming to be that service
  3. Verify you have not reused that login anywhere

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About this breach

In July 2016, the Web Hosting Talk forum suffered a data breach that was subsequently listed for sale. The breach of the vBulletin based forum exposed 515k user records including usernames, email addresses, IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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