Originally Posted by
TheButt
Just did some research into this since I had not heard of this leak. It sounds like there was a leak between 2011-2013 that contained a massive list of information on accounts (created before 2011??). That leak was not public until ~2016. Found an old board here of an old user, who is now banned, ended up giving the list out to someone for a script to be made. That person then sold/released the list.
Now take the above info with a grain of salt. If I am wrong or missing anything then someone please correct me since I was not active during this fiasco.