52,161 Maplewood Online Users: Passwords Leaked Plaintext

HEROIC analysts confirmed a fresh public release of the Maplewood Online dataset on July 16, 2025. The community portal and forum for Maplewood, New Jersey, originally compromised in August 2018, has 52,161 records now circulating on dark web forums. The exposed data includes email adresses, SHA1 password hashes, and a significant number of plaintext passwords.

Why the Maplewood Online Breach Is Dangerous

If you ever created a Maplewood Online account, your email is now tied to a password that anyone can read. SHA1 is an outdated hash that modern tools crack in seconds, so even the hashed passwords are effectivly in plaintext. That means your old forum login is no longer just an old forum login. It is a potential key to any account where you reused the same password.

What Was Exposed in the Maplewood Online Leak

• Email addresses
• SHA1 password hashes
• Plaintext passwords

Why This Matters

Small community sites rarely sit in isolation. The same email address you used on Maplewood Online is likely tied to your bank, your retail accounts, your streaming services, and your primary inbox. Credential stuffing software takes this dump, tests every pair against thousands of services, and reports back which ones worked. Identity theft, fraudulent purchases, and account takeover follow quickly for anyone who reused the password.

How the Maplewood Online Database Dump Works

A database dump is an export of a site's internal user table. When that export is stolen, it typically contains every field the developers stored, including the login credentials. Maplewood Online stored some passwords in plaintext and hashed others with SHA1, both of which are considered insecure. After the original 2018 compromise, the dataset was traded privately for years before being republished more broadly in 2025.

Check If You Are Affected

HEROIC tracks the Maplewood Online breach inside a database of more than 400 billion exposed records. A free breach scan will reveal if your email and password appear in this leak or in any related dump.