A breach of Web Hosting Talk was added to Have I Been Pwned’s breach database on 17 December 2025. It affected 515,149 accounts. Exposed: Passwords and logins, Email addresses, Usernames and IP addresses. The breach began on 1 July 2016, 3,456 days before it was reported.
Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
515,149 accounts
Reported
17 December 2025
Breach began
1 July 2016
Time to tell
3,456 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)
Look for Web Hosting Talk’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
Change your Web Hosting Talk password, and the same password anywhere else you use it. Turn on two-step sign-in.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Web Hosting Talk, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.
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