15,690 Ashwood Veterinary Users Had Passwords Stolen in 2018

In August 2018, HEROIC found 15,690 email addresses and password hashes from Ashwood Veterinary Clinic exposed on a hacker forum. The database and combolist were compiled from a breach of the UK clinic's user records and included both MD5 and bcrypt hashed passwords.

Why the Ashwood Veterinary Clinic Breach Is Dangerous

MD5 hashes are easily cracked using rainbow tables and brute-force attacks. Even where bcrypt was used, cracked MD5 credentials from this dataset give attackers ready-to-use email and password pairs for credential stuffing across online services.

What Was Exposed in the Ashwood Veterinary Clinic Leak

• Email addresses
• Password hashes (MD5 and bcrypt)

Why This Ashwood Veterinary Clinic Data Puts You at Risk

Cracked passwords combined with email addresses enable attackers to attempt account takeovers across banking, email, and social media platforms. UK users affected by this breach face compounding risks of identity theft and financial fraud if they reused their clinic password elsewhere.

How Database Breaches Work

Database breaches occur when attackers exploit vulnerabilities in a website's infrastructure to extract stored user data. Once inside, they download the entire user table -- including credentials -- and distribute the data on underground forums. Combolists are then assembled from multiple breaches to amplify the scale of attacks.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC operates one of the world's largest breach databases, covering more than 400 billion leaked records. Use HEROIC's free breach scanner to check if your email address or credentials appeared in the Ashwood Veterinary Clinic leak or thousands of other breaches in our database.