4,916
Records Exposed
Dec 2013
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In December 2013, the vBulletin forum for the social engineering site known as AstroPID was breached and leaked publicly. The site provided tips on fraudulently obtaining goods and services, often by providing a legitimate PID or Product Information Description. The breach resulted in nearly 6k user accounts and over 220k private messages between forum members being exposed.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Password Storage
vB
Category
Hacking
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on AstroPID and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
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