XKCD is one of the most popular
“The
The data breach took place on July 1st, 2019, the popular security researcher Troy Hunt, who received the data by security researcher Adam Davies,
New breach: XKCD had 562k accounts breached last month. The phpBB forum exposed email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored in MD5 phpBB3 format. 58% of addresses were already in @haveibeenpwned https://t.co/LGaAnj1hUA
— Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned) September 1, 2019
58% of the leaked addresses were already in the HIBP archive because they are from previous data breaches.
Hunt added the data to the Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) website over the weekend. Exposed data include
“We’ve taken the forums offline until we can go over them and make sure they’re secure. If
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