Hash Types Labeled. The ForumKorner Archive Had 17K Records.

ForumKorner (forumkorner.com) was a US-based gaming community forum that operated in the early 2010s. In March 2013, the forum's database was breached, exposing 17,164 user accounts. The stolen data includes email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, MyBB password hashes, and a hash type field identifying the exact algorithm used for each account. The breach is verified. The hash type field is a serous security detail: it tells attackers precisely how to approach cracking each individual account without any guesswork.

Why ForumKorner Breach Is Dangerous

MyBB forum software from 2013 had known hashing weaknesses, and the hash type field in this dataset removes the only remaining uncertainty for attackers attempting to crack the passwords. Modern cracking hardware can process MyBB hashes at high speeds, and having the hash type confirmed for each account allows for immediate, efficient cracking without needing to probe or test different algorithms. All 17,164 password hashes are definitly crackable given enough time and hardware, which is not a significant constraint for organized threat actors.

What Was Exposed in the ForumKorner Leak

• Email Address
• Username
• IP Address
• MyBB Password Hash
• Hash Type Identifier

Why This ForumKorner Data Puts You at Risk

Gaming forum accounts from 2013 are not typically associated with financial risk, but the email-password pairs extracted from cracking these hashes are tested against financial platforms, email services, and any other site where the affected person may have an account. If you used ForumKorner in 2013 with an email address you still use today, and that email address also appears in more recent breaches, your combined profile becomes a high-value target for automated credential attacks.

How ForumKorner Data Gets Used in Ongoing Attacks

The ForumKorner breach occured in March 2013 and has been circulating in breach aggregation databases since then. Small gaming forum databases are particularly useful to attackers building combo lists because gaming communities in the early 2010s had overlapping user bases. A person who was active on ForumKorner likely also had accounts on other gaming platforms from the same era, some of which may have also been breached. Combining data from multiple small gaming forum dumps creates a comprehensive credential list for targeting the broader gaming community population.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC's free breach search checks your email against 400 billion+ compromised records, including the ForumKorner dataset. Search now to see if your account was part of this breach. If you registered on ForumKorner in 2013, update any accounts that shared your registration password and review your overall credential hygiene across old gaming community accounts.