December 2013 – 6,000 accounts affected
In December 2013, an online forum for AstroPID, a website that provides tips on fraudulently obtaining goods and services, was hacked and approximately 6,000 email addresses, Instant Messenger IDs, IP addresses, names, passwords, private messages and usernames was stolen and publicly published.
In December 2013, AstroPID, an online forum, which was used to share information about how to get access to computer hardware and electronics, sometimes illegally and fraudulently, was hacked and approximately 6,000 member's email addresses, Instant Messanger IDs, IP addresses, names, passwords, private messages and usernames were breached and publicly published.
Subsequent to the breach, the website shut down and, in fact, the URL no longer resolves either.