# Security alert \[12/19/2016\]: Ethereum.org Forums Database Compromised

DevFeed: [Security alert \[12/19/2016\]: Ethereum.org Forums Database Compromised](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/security-alert-12-19-2016-ethereum-org-forums-database-compromised-16797.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/12/19/security-alert-12192016-ethereum-org-forums-database-compromised>)

Author: Hudson Jameson

Published: 2016-12-19T21:54:25Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [ethereum-org](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum-org.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [password](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/password.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>)

## AI overview

Ethereum.org reported that an April 2016 forum database backup was accessed without authorization, exposing information associated with approximately 16,500 users, including messages, IP addresses, profile information, email addresses, and password hashes. The organization reset forum passwords, closed the access points, and described additional security measures.

## Source excerpt

On December 16, we were made aware that someone had recently gained unauthorized access to a database from forum.ethereum.org. We immediately launched a thorough investigation to determine the origin, nature, and scope of this incident. Here is what we know: The information that was recently accessed is...