The Trading Game
Data Breach
www.tradinggame.com.au60,176
Records Exposed
Mar 2018
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Mar 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In March 2018, The Trading Game, an Australian platform offering mentorship and educational resources for traders, suffered a data breach compromising approximately 180,000 records. The exposed data included email addresses, usernames, phone numbers, full names, physical addresses, IP addresses, and passwords stored in either plain text or as phpBB or bcrypt hashes. This breach underscores the critical importance of encrypting sensitive user data and implementing strong cybersecurity measures to protect against unauthorized access.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Australia
Language
English
Password Storage
bcrypt, Other, Plaintext
Category
Financial
Indexed On
Mar 26, 2025
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on The Trading Game 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.
- Be alert to smishing attacks (SMS phishing). Scammers may text you pretending to be banks or service providers.
- 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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