Heroes of Gaia data breach: 179K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-11-07
In early 2013, the online fantasy multiplayer game Heroes of Gaia suffered a data breach. The newest records in the data set indicate a breach date of 4 January 2013 and include usernames, IP and email addresses but no passwords. Exposed data: browser user agent details, email addresses, ip addresses, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Jan 4, 2013; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Nov 7, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Heroes of Gaia account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
Sources
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