Nulled Explained

Nulled
Type:Internet forum
Language:English
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Url:www.nulled.to wgod.co
Advertising:Yes
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Registration:Required to access features
Launched:2014
Current Status:Inactive as of July 4th, 2024
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Nulled is an online cracking forum. It was previously shut down July 4th, 2024, but as of August 2024, the website is back up.

In 2016, Nulled became known as a target of a data breach which helped law enforcement to obtain information about possible 'suspects', who were registered on Nulled.[1] [2] [3]

Data breach

On 16 May 2016, Nulled was hacked and its database leaked. The leaked data contained 9.65GB of users' personal information.[4] [5] The leak included a complete MySQL database file which contained the website's entire data.[6] This data breach included 4,053 user accounts, their PayPal email addresses,[7] [8] along with cracked passwords,[9] 800,593 user personal messages, 5,582 purchase records and 12,600 invoices. The data breach also exposed email addresses hosted on government domains.[10] The identity of the crew that took down Nulled's database is not known, but there was speculation that state-sponsored hackers were involved. Another article reported that a Romanian group claimed responsibility for the data breach.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Data Leaked From Hacker Forum Nulled.io SecurityWeek.Com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814155757/https://www.securityweek.com/data-leaked-hacker-forum-nulledio. 14 August 2019. 2019-08-14. www.securityweek.com. 16 May 2016 .
  2. Web site: Osborne . Charlie . Nulled.IO hacking forum data breach exposes attackers in the shadows . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190728044454/https://www.zdnet.com/article/nulled-oi-hacking-forum-data-breach-exposes-attackers-in-the-shadows/ . 28 July 2019 . 2019-08-14 . ZDNet . en.
  3. Web site: Nulled.IO: Should've Expected The Unexpected!. 2016-05-10. RBS. en-US. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814155755/https://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/2016/05/10/nulled-io-shouldve-expected-the-unexpected/. 14 August 2019. live.
  4. Web site: Famous Nulled.io Hacking Forum Suffers Devastating Data Breach. Cimpanu. Catalin. softpedia. 14 May 2016. english. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814155758/https://news.softpedia.com/news/famous-nulled-io-hacking-forum-suffers-devastating-data-breach-504073.shtml. 14 August 2019. live.
  5. News: 유명 해킹포럼 'Nulled.IO' 해킹...전체 사용자 정보 유출. Kyoung. Son. 17 May 2016. ZDNet Korea.
  6. Web site: Nulled.IO Hacking Forum Hacked, Trove of Data Stolen. 2016-05-16. HackRead. en-US. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814155808/https://www.hackread.com/nulled-io-hacking-forum-hacked/. 14 August 2019. live.
  7. Web site: 2016-05-16. The popular crime forum Nulled.io pwned by hackers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123221452/http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/47388/data-breach/data-breach-nulled-io.html. 23 November 2018. 2019-08-14. Security Affairs. en-US.
  8. Web site: В Интернет выложен полный дамп базы хакерского сайта nulled.io. www.securitylab.ru. 16 May 2016. ru-RU. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814171252/https://www.securitylab.ru/news/482115.php. 14 August 2019. live.
  9. Web site: Don't laugh, but one of the world's top hacker websites just got hacked. 2016-05-17. Metro. en-US. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814163817/https://metro.co.uk/2016/05/17/dont-laugh-but-one-of-the-worlds-top-hacker-websites-just-got-hacked-5888458/. 14 August 2019. live.
  10. Web site: Dark web hacking forum hacked and members' privates exposed. at 22:17. Iain Thomson in San Francisco 17 May 2016. www.theregister.co.uk. en. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814162516/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/17/dark_web_hacking_forum_hacked/. 14 August 2019. live.
  11. Web site: Hackers obtain userdata and private messages of crack sharing community. Aldershoff. Jan Willem. 2016-05-10. Myce.com. en-US. 2019-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190814171252/https://www.myce.com/news/hackers-obtain-userdata-private-messages-crack-sharing-community-79369/. 14 August 2019. live.

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