883,875
Records Exposed
Oct 2015
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Feb 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
Around October 2015, the online gaming forum Gamerzplanet fell victim to a hacking incident, leading to the exposure of over 1.2 million accounts. The compromised vBulletin forum contained emails and passwords stored as salted hashes, but due to a weak implementation, a significant number of these hashes were quickly cracked.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Philippines
Language
Vietnamese
Password Storage
Plaintext
Category
Gaming, Gambling
Indexed On
Feb 14, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on GamerzPlanet 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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