SubaGames data breach: 6.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2021-08-25
In November 2016, the game developer Suba Games suffered a data breach which led to the exposure of 6.1M unique email addresses. Impacted data also included usernames and passwords, most of which appeared circulating in the breached file in plain text after being cracked from salted MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 25, 2021.
What to do
- If you had a SubaGames 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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