12,650
Records Exposed
Apr 2018
Date of Breach
Database,Combolist
Breach Type
Jan 2026
Added to Database
About This Breach
In April 2018, U2 Achtung, a French fan community forum dedicated to the band U2, experienced a data breach impacting over 83,000 records. The exposed dataset included nearly 13,000 unique email addresses and MD5 hashed passwords. The breached data was later posted on a popular cybercrime forum.
Compromised Data Types
Country
France
Language
French
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Community
Indexed On
Jan 16, 2026
Breach Type
Database,Combolist
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on U2 Achtung and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
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- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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