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VNG data breach24.9M accounts compromised on 2015-05-19
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VNG (zing.vn) was the source of a data breach dated 2015-05-19, exposing 24,853,850 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 | VNG |
|---|---|
| Source Name | VNG |
| Domain | zing.vn |
| Breach Date | 2015-05-19 |
| Added to HIBP | 2018-04-28 |
| Accounts Compromised | 24,853,850(24.9M) |
| Data Exposed | Dates of birthEmail addressesGendersIP addressesMarital statusesNamesOccupationsPasswordsPhone numbersPhysical addressesUsernames |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In April 2018, news broke of a massive data breach impacting the Vietnamese company known as VNG after data was discovered being traded on a popular hacking forum where it was extensively redistributed. The breach dated back to an incident in May of 2015 and included of over 163 million customers. The data in the breach contained a wide range of personal attributes including usernames, birth dates, genders and home addresses along with unsalted MD5 hashes and 25 million unique email addresses. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
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