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BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts

BleepingComputer, January 10, 2026. The existence and administration of the post-seizure BreachForums incarnation: an administrator using the handle 'N/A' explaining that a MyBB backup was exposed while restoring data from the earlier breachforums.hn domain, with 323,988 user records leaked..

Source type
News report
Published
January 10, 2026
Research grade
S2
Used in entries
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Bibliographic record

Publisher
BleepingComputer
Published
January 10, 2026
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breachforums-hacking-forum-database-leaked-exposing-324-000-accounts/
What it supports
The existence and administration of the post-seizure BreachForums incarnation: an administrator using the handle 'N/A' explaining that a MyBB backup was exposed while restoring data from the earlier breachforums.hn domain, with 323,988 user records leaked.
Dataset id
src_bleepingcomputer_breachforums_db_leak_2026

Research notes

  • By Lawrence Abrams. JSON-LD datePublished 2026-01-10T13:17:31-05:00; page date line 'January 10, 2026'.
  • It records the prior chain: breachforums.hn ran until 11 August 2025 and the domain was seized in October 2025 after being reused for Salesforce-related extortion.
  • Exact leaked-record count is 323,988; the headline rounds to 324,000. The article does not itself equate 'N/A' with the handle Indra.

How this source is used

Cited 1 time across 1 record type.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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