The company vBulletin Software has its forum users sent an e-mail which says that they have been victims of a hack. At the intrusion hackers would login information, including encrypted passwords, have captured.
In the e-mail of vBulletin allows the software manufacturer that are securityteam a sophisticated attack on its servers has been detected. This would have recently been carried out in which access would be obtained to inloggevens, including passwords. The wachtwoorddata would be encrypted, but it is unclear whether vBulletin is strong enough encryption has been applied, together with salt. Users of the forum from vBulletin Software to serve their to change the password.
The forum software of vBulletin is widely used on the internet and is often cracked. The website Hothardware notes that the forums of Ubuntu and MacRumors, which recently hacks have been performed, in both cases, it ran on vBulletin software. Directly related to the hack at vBulletin is, however, not yet been demonstrated.