Avast Forum 2014 Data Breach
The 2014 Avast Forum data breach is a credential incident affecting the Avast community forum on May 26, 2014. It is not a May 2020 disclosure and must not be presented as a general breach of Avast security software, licence-payment systems, or user devices.
Exposed Data Types
3- Email addresses
- Usernames
- Passwords with unresolved storage representation
About This Breach
The external source reports 422,959 accounts and local search contains 422,852 records, a difference of 107. The three classes are emails, usernames, and passwords. Current record metadata does not establish the password-hash scheme, so algorithm, salt, and representation must not be assumed.
IPs, names, forum messages, operating-system or network details, bank, payment, and device data are not classes. A record does not establish identity, Avast customer or forum-member status, security-product usage, a technical post, password ownership, field co-occurrence, account takeover, or misuse.
If the old forum password genuinely belonged to the person and was reused elsewhere, it should be replaced. Licence, renewal, security-alert, or support requests should be verified through an independent official Avast channel.
Verification and editorial method
LeakData compares the incident name, date, affected-record count, and exposed data types with accessible sources. Unverified fields are not presented as facts, and records are updated when new evidence becomes available.
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