Pokémon Creed data breach: 116K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2014-08-10
In August 2014, the Pokémon RPG website Pokémon Creed was hacked after a dispute with rival site, Pokémon Dusk. In a post on Facebook, "Cruz Dusk" announced the hack then pasted the dumped MySQL database on pkmndusk.in. The breached data included over 116k usernames, email addresses and plain text passwords. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, ip addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Aug 8, 2014; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 10, 2014.
What to do
- If you had a Pokémon Creed 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.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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