Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries critical risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Financial fraud using exposed financial profile data
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
- Employment-based social engineering using job and employer data
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In May 2012, WHMCS experienced a data exposure due to a security misconfiguration, resulting in approximately 134K records containing activity history, credit card, email address, employer, full name, ip address.
The exposed dataset includes financial information, which elevates the risk of fraud and identity theft. Physical address data was exposed, which may increase targeting risk for affected individuals.
The incident has been cataloged by Have I Been Pwned. ObscureIQ has independently verified and classified this breach as part of its ongoing threat intelligence operations.
About WHMCS
WHMCS is an organization. Approximately 134K records associated with this organization were exposed in the breach. The breach dataset includes authentication credentials, indicating the organization maintained user accounts with login functionality.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 134K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Recommended Actions
⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In May 2012, WHMCS experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 134K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as activity history:website activity, credit card:partial, email address, employer, full name.
Approximately 134K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A customer of WHMCS
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