Web Hosting Talk data breach
The Web Hosting Talk breach happened on July 1, 2016 and exposed 515,149 accounts. 4 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- webhostingtalk.com
- Breach date
- July 1, 2016
- Recorded on
- December 17, 2025
- Accounts exposed
- 515,149
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 68 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 68 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, IP addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- Tunngle (2016-07-01, 8,192,928 accounts)
- Kaneva (2016-07-01, 3,901,179 accounts)
- Funimation (2016-07-01, 2,491,103 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Web Hosting Talk password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of December 17, 2025. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.