Date of Breach:May 2023
Descrition of breach - On August 30 of 2023, Freecycle, a nonprofit organization operating in the United States and the United Kingdom, detected the data breach and promptly alerted affected users. In the notification, Freecycle confirmed that the exposed data included email addresses, md5 hashed passwords, usernames, and User IDs. However, they reassured users that no further personal information had been compromised and data breach has affected more than 7 million subscribers globally.In 2024, part of the data, which included 2.5 million users, was published on BreachForums by user @Moonshine.Please note that this is partial data, if you have complete data and you want to post it on the forum, then create a thread or contact @Addka72424 via pm.
Compromised data:Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
Amount of records:2.508.554 unique emails,2.536.727 lines
Page for checking relevant data - https://freecycle.org/ (there is no separate password recovery page takes place directly on the main page.When you use recovery form using emails from this leak, it's displayed that the emails are already in the database, which confirms the authenticity of the data).Also media and company confirmed this leak - https://freecycle.helpscoutdocs.com/article/319-data-breach-august-2023 and https://thecyberexpress.com/freecycle-cyber-attack-data-breach-password/
Thread link - https://breachforums.st/Thread-freecycle-Database-Leaked-Download


SAMPLES:user_id,email,passwd,email_md5,username
1,deron@freecycle.org,945a35b5e6d41b4dd8a4b2898080c830,801b5b5a9744ef5b0d9cc067b0d57ac0,deronbeal
3,NULL,<blank>,cdf5a3309a97aed9e05ed14a072a8e8e,!r_wallman(3)
4,NULL,<blank>,502dcf5f6d7c059319be25c3448ff979,!authtestuser(4)
5,NULL,<blank>,0a0c794715719d3e8c80ded921257de2,!r_wallman5(5)
6,NULL,<blank>,17e94a0cfb2e51b0ee3eec56e223f57a,!DorothyK(6)
8,NULL,<blank>,edfbdc3f264b91678e07259d066fa306,!gordonisnz(8)
10,erik@calop.org,d4f695e2b9b2760d8891e09559f5b7ae,fe57328650895343a942264e18926864,erik
16,earthstorm@comcast.net,91b06a6a0b7cadc97d372b9dc45f65a2,03c5499ba45eb011751098b73388dab9,earthstorm
21,dgoodhue@gmail.com,fe2085fd3c84f9fba06e3e5f0a02ec13,742533c1b119763a005d19a257f6bdaa,donnagoodhue
22,nigel@freecycle.org,9cf5985956dbe667ffd328767e922ad9,d645dd3ff90b6fe93d958dae09424c00,leginy
24,NULL,<blank>,69ca73720c8a633c52deaf5f81f88b75,!DragonesPlumas(24)
25,dona@freecycle.org,b7942ff3e9b8cd7126e314b2c1a7695c,ef76edfc021f77e93beb15d438c73783,dona
30,wizzy.doodle@gmail.com,0362ccfce29e8ddbfb35160f97d9e318,d4422ce731f8775476317370d04597cc,lhjbbw
31,susanbanderson@gmail.com,f0aa08b63fc23839f4e85352b31161ca,212524e1ae43f225564e233084af98fa,susanbanderson
33,papaDoc@lesRicards.ca,f8e704aeb38adfd8e505357c0324273f,9da23c15344522da325ed17c2886035a,papaDoc
38,mousebotherer@yahoo.co.uk,f3ad04d2c49192ec08b31b805b79f64e,fb8a3a7ac551c6c864867e3a95287749,mousebotherer
39,brookfieldfreecycle@yahoo.com,b13942b75ac5fdf645a1bf8964e5ba7a,2971d5fbaaea4aae67e625cf125b0200,Brookfield_Freecycle
40,nmcwhinney@gmail.com,332d0f716dd4c39ae23315320cb5f17d,2d973bf5e7bf7a3db3a0db26eaffa7b1,scaredymonster
43,sjstuff@gmail.com,296106c98e46207c2c426f9a47a5190d,b4f7f39e022fc4d322b9d2ca810a1bbe,loadingbay
46,davideasby@gmail.com,95efc6829e5a59c9268f7bdb9bfe23d0,4c237af4cb75e8a4c3743f77cd7c9c9d,reading_freecycle
49,NULL,<blank>,ee4d295a15cab129c774e3d8f0fdc8d8,!svnoble(49)
52,eva@amws.com.au,38fd07bdc338a4550e1ed2ec4cc12a6d,3fdb6a12ac3243aa0ea606a1b28b45f1,ziggi