HeatGames
What was exposed
Email addressesGeographic locationsIP addressesPasswords
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 June 2021, the (now defunct) gaming website HeatGames suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data . The breach exposed almost 650k unique email addresses along with IP addresses, country and salted MD5 password hashes.
Frequently asked questions
What is the HeatGames data breach?
In June 2021, the (now defunct) gaming website HeatGames suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data . The breach exposed almost 650k unique email addresses along with IP addresses, country and salted MD5 password...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around June 2021.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 647,896 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses and Passwords.
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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