Vermillion 2014 Data Breach
Cybercrime / Threat Actor Infrastructure
Vermillion 2014 Data Breach
A roblox hacking forum.
Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
44/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Moderate: notable exposure with meaningful misuse potential.
Data Sensitivity i
RestrictedBeing associated with this breach can itself be harmful. Disclosure is limited and presence is not confirmed to unverified parties.
8KRecords
2014Year
The Breach Risk Index (BRI) is a proprietary 0–100 score rating how dangerous a breach is right now, based on how recently the data has been circulating on the dark web and how valuable it is to attackers.
Breach Summary
In August 2014, the Roblox hacking forum Vermillion suffered a data breach that exposed over 8k subscriber records. The breach of the MyBB forum exposed email and IP addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted password hashes.
Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.
10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine
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8K records analyzed
About Vermillion
Vermillion is a roblox hacking forum.
Why They Hold Your Data
Vermillion is a roblox hacking forum. Services like this typically hold dates of birth, email addresses, IP addresses, passwords, usernames through account registration and normal operations.
Recent Developments
The Vermillion dataset circulated publicly; treat as part of the standing exposure landscape.
Data Points Exposed
5 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
IP Address
Password High
Username
Breach Impact
The exposure of credentials alongside personal data heightened account-takeover and reuse risk for Vermillion users and drew scrutiny of its data protection.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
• Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms | • Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
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
- Reset any reused passwords and enable MFA on email first, then financial accounts.
- 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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