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CardingMafia (2016) Alleged Data Exposure
In January 2016, the database of the illicit underground carding forum CardingMafia (cardingmafia.ws) was breached and published online, exposing 149,728 member accounts.
149.7 Thousand
Email Identifiers
6
Data Types
High
Exposure Scope
Oct 10, 2026
Last updated
Exposed Data Types
6- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- IP addresses
- Passwords
- Social media profiles
- Usernames
About This Record
The compromised data included usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, birth dates, instant messaging handles, and salted MD5 password hashes. As an illegal cybercrime forum without corporate standing or regulatory disclosure, this incident is cataloged as an unverified underground forum dump.
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