8chan Data Breach (2017)
According to the official incident record published at 8ch.net, 8chan was hacked on 1 April 2017. The update dated 7 April 2017 stated that the attacker downloaded the user database and that passwords had been stored in hashed form.
The organization has not published how many were affected, so the incident cannot be placed on this scale.
Exposed Data Types
3- Usernames
- Email addresses
- Cryptographic password hashes
About This Breach
Secondary sources associate this incident with usernames, email addresses and password hashes. The official record does not disclose the number of affected people or accounts, so no exact total is given here.
Privacy note: An email match must not be used to infer a person's identity, conduct, views, membership of a specific board, or any association with other fields.
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