1,688,369
Records Exposed
Jan 2018
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Oct 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In January 2018, the independent recreation of Disney's Club Penguin game Club Penguin Rewritten (CPRewritten) experienced a data breach. The breach exposed nearly 1.7 million unique email addresses, along with usernames, and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. CPRewritten confirmed their awareness of the incident and stated they had reached out to affected users. This event underscores the importance of robust security practices in protecting sensitive user information, especially in platforms geared toward children.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
bcrypt
Category
Gaming
Indexed On
Oct 7, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on CPRewritten and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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