Data breach
Linux Mintlinuxmint.com
144 989 accounts exposed in a breach dated 2016-02-21.
Breached2016-02-21Added to HIBP2016-02-22 UTCUpdated by HIBP2016-02-22 UTCAccounts144 989Domainlinuxmint.com
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What happened in Have I Been Pwned’s words
In February 2016, the website for the Linux distro known as Linux Mint was hacked and the ISO infected with a backdoor. The site also ran a phpBB forum which was subsequently put up for sale complete with almost 145k email addresses, passwords and other personal subscriber information.
Exposed data as HIBP classifies it
- Avatars
- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- Geographic locations
- IP addresses
- Passwords
- Time zones
- Website activity
How HIBP qualifies it
- HIBP verified that the data came from this service.
Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)
Copied from HIBP 2026-11-05 03:50 UTC