Avast Data Breach (2014)

Avast, an antivirus forum, experienced a data breach in 2014. The breach resulted in the exposure of approximately 423,000 member email addresses, usernames, and passwords. At the time of the breach, the website's forum was unresponsive. The company's CEO, Vince Steckler, addressed the hack, stating that user nicknames, usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords were compromised. He also acknowledged that despite the hashed passwords, a sophisticated attacker might be able to derive many of the passwords.