TheBotNet.com

In 2020 the technology and security forum TheBotNet experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 94000 registered members. The incident resulted in the unauthorized access and distribution of user credentials and forum activity metadata. The compromised data included email addresses, usernames, and IP addresses along with passwords stored as MD5 hashes with salts. This breach posed a significant risk to users who reused passwords across other platforms as the salted MD5 algorithm is considered weak against modern cracking techniques.