[3] On July 20, 2013 the site was compromised, with attacker(s) both defacing the site and gaining access to "all user email addresses and hashed passwords"[4] The site was compromised once again on July 15, 2016.

"Usernames, email addresses and IPs for 2 million users" were compromised but 'no active passwords' were accessed.

[5] The Ubuntu Forums were created by Ryan Troy in October 2004.

In June 2007, the forums' domain name, license, and assets were all transferred to Canonical, which now has sole ownership.

[8] The primary function of The Ubuntu Forums is for Ubuntu support, but it also has a popular community area where other topics may be discussed.