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R2Games data breach22.3M accounts compromised on 2015-11-01
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R2Games (r2games.com) was the source of a data breach dated 2015-11-01, exposing 22,281,337 accounts. The details below are mirrored from Have I Been Pwned and reflect the source's account of the incident at the time of publication.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | R2Games |
|---|---|
| Source Name | R2Games |
| Domain | r2games.com |
| Breach Date | 2015-11-01 |
| Added to HIBP | 2016-02-09 |
| Accounts Compromised | 22,281,337(22.3M) |
| Data Exposed | Email addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernames |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In late 2015, the gaming website R2Games was hacked and more than 2.1M personal records disclosed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. A further 11M accounts were added to "Have I Been Pwned" in March 2016 and another 9M in July 2016 bringing the total to over 22M.
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