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2016 ESET — forums compromise exposing usernames, emails, and bcrypt hashes

2016 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Forum usernames, emails, and password hashes

Technical writeup

ESET notified forum users that attackers compromised forum infrastructure and accessed registration records; the company forced password resets and described bcrypt hashing.

Root cause

Forum platform compromise (per ESET customer notification summarized by press)

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