[3] The site was launched in May, 2019 and has grown to host over 35 million pieces of malware samples.
[1][4] On their account on Twitter, VXUG reports on and verifies cybersecurity breaches.
[5] Kim Crawley compared the site to VirusTotal and states that vx-underground is more susceptible to suspicion for law enforcement.
[6] In May 2024, the International Baccalaureate organizations faced allegations over supposed breaches in their IT infrastructure after an incident of examination leaks.
Upon inspecting leaked data, VXUG were the first to report that the breach seemed legitimate on the morning of May 6.