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May 26, 2014 Verified Sensitive Record Other

Avast Forum 2014 Data Breach

The 2014 Avast Forum data breach is a credential incident affecting the Avast community forum on May 26, 2014.

423 Thousand
Reported Records
3
Data Types
High
Severity
Yes
Verification

Exposed Data Types

3
Email addresses
Usernames
Passwords with unresolved storage representation

Additional Information

Added DateMarch 12, 2016
Breach DateMay 26, 2014
Domainavast.com
SourceOfficial forum incident and authenticated credential corpus
Last Content UpdateJuly 29, 2026

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Company Information

Company NameAvast
SectorOther
CountryUnited States
Websiteavast.com

Risk Level

High

The reported impact exceeds 100 thousand and falls within the high severity band.

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