verified2016-02-21
Linux MintLinux Mint breach
linuxmint.com · 144,989 records compromised
Records
145K
Breach date
2016-02-21
Domain
linuxmint.com
Data classes
8
Description
In February 2016, the website for the Linux distro known as Linux Mint was hacked and the ISO infected with a backdoor . The site also ran a phpBB forum which was subsequently put up for sale complete with almost 145k email addresses, passwords and other personal subscriber information.
Compromised data classes· 8
AvatarsDates of birthEmail addressesGeographic locationsIP addressesPasswordsTime zonesWebsite activity
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.