This site leaked my personal information

[23F5Loar]

This site leaked my personal information. This was discovered via a monitor app that scans the dark web(s).

 

[Windroid]

Which site, and which monitor app?

 

[Unforgiven]

Hi @23F5Loar,
Give this a read as I think you fall into this breach. The only one I'm aware of in the last 10 years.

Important Notice - Security Breach

Before reading this - please take a moment to change your password on androidforums.com. This can be done while logged in through your UserCP, or using the "forgot your password?" page if logged out. I have some unfortunate news to pass along. Yesterday I was informed by our sever/developer...

forum.earlybird.club

Since that time we have changed forum platforms twice I think, but the "dark web" monitors still pop up from time to time. My email address is still flagged as "being on the dark web," though I don't know if it was from a breach here, or at at any of the 100 other companies that have my email address that have been breached over the years.

 

[Windroid]

Hi @23F5Loar,
Give this a read as I think you fall into this breach. The only one I'm aware of in the last 10 years.

https://forum.earlybird.club/threads/important-notice-security-breach.1125696/

Since that time we have changed forum platforms twice I think, but the "dark web" monitors still pop up from time to time. My email address is still flagged as "being on the dark web," though I don't know if it was from a breach here, or at at any of the 100 other companies that have my email address that have been breached over the years.

That just leeds to an error page:

 

[ocnbrze]

Important Notice - Security Breach

Before reading this - please take a moment to change your password on androidforums.com. This can be done while logged in through your UserCP, or using the "forgot your password?" page if logged out. I have some unfortunate news to pass along. Yesterday I was informed by our sever/developer...

forum.earlybird.club

Regarding the security breach email some of you are getting

Unfortunately, we were recently informed by our server engineers that the server hosting Android Forums was compromised and the website's database was accessed. While this breach was relatively small, affecting less than 2.5% of our active users and limited data accessed, we want to provide as...

forum.earlybird.club

 

[AugieTN]

An email leak is one thing. Sad, but true i got everything hacked by a 2013 breach at Target, followed by a Home Depot breach in 2014. I was notified by my bank of the hack and told me my credit card was cancelled and a new one is being sent out. I still get idiots that can't spell sending me email, labelled HOne Depee pass do.

 

[treb1797]

I get one everyday from "PayPal" , I guess they think just keep trying, we'll get him eventually

 

[Unforgiven]

Important Notice - Security Breach

Before reading this - please take a moment to change your password on androidforums.com. This can be done while logged in through your UserCP, or using the "forgot your password?" page if logged out. I have some unfortunate news to pass along. Yesterday I was informed by our sever/developer...

forum.earlybird.club

Regarding the security breach email some of you are getting

Unfortunately, we were recently informed by our server engineers that the server hosting Android Forums was compromised and the website's database was accessed. While this breach was relatively small, affecting less than 2.5% of our active users and limited data accessed, we want to provide as...

forum.earlybird.club

Thank you for working links.

 

[ozonetrooper]

An email leak is one thing. Sad, but true i got everything hacked by a 2013 breach at Target, followed by a Home Depot breach in 2014. I was notified by my bank of the hack and told me my credit card was cancelled and a new one is being sent out. I still get idiots that can't spell sending me email, labelled HOne Depee pass do.

Yup, I got a years free monitoring from the Home Depot leak.

I have had another year of free monitoring from another vendor but can not remember who it was now.