212300.com

The Chinese city portal 212300 serving the Danyang region suffered a significant data breach in 2012. The platform which functioned as a hub for local discussions regarding education real estate and employment was compromised by unidentified attackers. The breach resulted in the exposure of confidential information belonging to approximately 700000 forum participants. Leaked data included user posts nicknames IP addresses and passwords stored as MD5 hashes with salt. The incident highlighted vulnerabilities in local community portals and affected a large portion of the active digital population in the region at that time.