International Kiteboarding Organization 2025 Data Breach
Cybercrime / Hacking Forums
International Kiteboarding Organization 2025 Data Breach
A hacking forums service in the cybercrime sector.
Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
77/100
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High and current: recent, valuable data circulating on the dark web now.
Data Sensitivity i
RestrictedBeing associated with this breach can itself be harmful. Disclosure is limited and presence is not confirmed to unverified parties.
340KRecords
2025Year
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Breach Summary
In November 2025, the International Kiteboarding Organization suffered a data breach that exposed 340k user records. The data was subsequently listed for sale on a hacking forum and included email addresses, names, usernames and in many cases, the user's city and country.
Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.
10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine
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340K records analyzed
About International Kiteboarding Organization
International Kiteboarding Organization is a hacking forums service in the cybercrime sector.
Why They Hold Your Data
International Kiteboarding Organization is a hacking forums service in the cybercrime sector. Services like this typically hold email addresses, names, location data, usernames through account registration and normal operations.
Recent Developments
The International Kiteboarding Organization dataset circulated publicly; treat as part of the standing exposure landscape.
Data Points Exposed
4 verified field types
Email Address
Full Name
Geographic location
Username
Breach Impact
The exposure created downstream fraud and phishing risk for those affected and drew scrutiny of International Kiteboarding Organization's data protection.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
• Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses | • Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Principal Risk Advisory
What this means for a principal
A consumer-service breach: contact and account data supports phishing, account takeover and profile enrichment. For a high-profile principal the main risk is credible impersonation and enrichment of existing exposure.
What You Should Do
- Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.
How ObscureIQ Can Help
- Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
- Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
- ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).
Protect Yourself
Protect Yourself: Limited Disclosure
Check Your Own Exposure: Verification Required
This data originates from an illicit online forum, and being listed is not proof of involvement. To protect people from false association, we confirm exposure only to the individual concerned. Verify your identity to privately check your own exposure.
We never confirm whether a specific person appears in this breach to anyone but that person.
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