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2013 860.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

A group of hackers claimed responsibility for compromising usernames, emails, and passwords associated with MacRumors and vBulletin Forum.  The hackers used a Zero Day exploit.  A total of 860,000 MacRumors users were affected. It is unclear how many vBulletin Forum users were affected.

Root cause

Hacking

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