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Disclosed incidenthibp-thebottingnetwork

The Botting Network breach: 96,320 accounts exposed

In August 2012, the forum for making money with botting "The Botting Network" suffered a data breach that exposed 96k user records . The now defunct vBulletin forum leaked 96k email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.

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If you or your organization used this service, change reused passwords, watch for phishing that uses the exposed data, and check the disclosure for the organization's guidance.

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    Have I Been Pwned: The Botting Network (opens a new tab)

    Verified breach loaded into Have I Been Pwned: account count, exposed data types, and dates.

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APA

KEVWire. (2025, December 18). The Botting Network breach: 96,320 accounts exposed. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-thebottingnetwork

MLA

"The Botting Network breach: 96,320 accounts exposed." KEVWire, 18 Dec. 2025, kevwire.com/record/hibp-thebottingnetwork.

Chicago

KEVWire. "The Botting Network breach: 96,320 accounts exposed." Last modified December 18, 2025. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-thebottingnetwork.

Evidence summary (plain text)

The Botting Network breach: 96,320 accounts exposed (Dec 18, 2025).
In August 2012, the forum for making money with botting "The Botting Network" suffered a data breach that exposed 96k user records . The now defunct vBulletin forum leaked 96k email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.
Sources:
Have I Been Pwned: The Botting Network: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/TheBottingNetwork
Have I Been Pwned breach API: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3/breaches
Record ID: hibp-thebottingnetwork.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 01:25 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

Verified by Have I Been Pwned. Breach date: 2012-08-12; loaded 2025-12-18. Exposed data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames. Counts are accounts in the loaded data, not necessarily distinct people.

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