Forumware giant vBulletin.com has admitted that it got hacked. It is in the process of resetting account passwords in response to the breach. The hackers made off with customer user IDs and encrypted passwords.

It blamed the attack on a series of "sophisticated attacks":

Very recently, our security team discovered sophisticated attacks on our network, involving the illegal access of forum user information, possibly including your password. Our investigation currently indicates that the attackers accessed customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems. We have taken the precaution of resetting your account password. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused but felt that it was necessary to help protect you and your account.


A hacking group called Inj3ct0r Team claimed responsibility. It has offered to sell the vulnerability exploit used for $700 a pop.