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GSMHosting Data Breach (2016)

GSM Hosting

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Disclosed

August 1, 2016

3525 days ago

Records

2.6M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

GSM-Hosting's forum experienced a significant data breach in August 2016. This incident affected 2.6 million users, compromising their email and IP addresses, usernames, and salted MD5 password hashes. The leaked data was later offered for sale on the dark web alongside information from other hacked services.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsIP AddressesUsernamesEmail addresses