17173
What was exposed
Email addressesPasswordsUsernames
What to do if you were affected
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In late 2011, a series of data breaches in China affected up to 100 million users , including 7.5 million from the gaming site known as 17173. Whilst there is evidence that the data is legitimate, due to the difficulty of emphatically verifying the Chinese breach it has been flagged as "unverified". The data in the breach contains usernames, email addresses and salted MD5 password hashes and was provided with support from dehashed.com . Read more about Chinese data breaches in Have I Been Pwned.
Frequently asked questions
What is the 17173 data breach?
In late 2011, a series of data breaches in China affected up to 100 million users , including 7.5 million from the gaming site known as 17173. Whilst there is evidence that the data is legitimate, due to the difficulty of emphatically verifying the Chinese...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around December 2011.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 7,485,802 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Passwords and Usernames.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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