2026 Silvi AI — forum dump via API enumeration; 16,483 researcher records (unverified)
Data compromised
Actor-claimed 16,483 records: names, emails, organisation IDs, subscription status, profile image refs — unverified
Technical writeup
Unverified forum dump claim — July 31, 2026 (Dark Web Informer). Actor NightBroker published what they described as the Silvi AI (Danish academic literature-review automation) user database: 16,483 records with names, emails, organisation identifiers, subscription status, and profile image references, allegedly obtained by abusing a public API (unvalidated self-registration endpoint + sequential enumeration) rather than breaching infrastructure. Silvi AI had not publicly confirmed at indexing. Catalog indexes 16483 as actor count, labeled unverified.
Root cause
Unverified forum claim (NightBroker): abuse of public API / unvalidated self-registration + sequential ID enumeration — not classic infra compromise