WayDate 2016
SensitiveIn 2016, the dating website WayDate.com, known for facilitating online matchmaking, experienced a data leak that exposed approximately 120,000 user records. The compromised information reportedly included IDs, nicknames, passwords, real names, birthdates, and contact details. Among the leaked data were also details from user profiles, such as marital status, relationship preferences, and other personal information.
In May 2024, The Post Millennial, a conservative news website, allegedly suffered a data breach that also resulted in the defacement of its site. The incident reportedly exposed three separate datasets: information on hundreds of writers and editors, including IP addresses, physical addresses, and email addresses; details of tens of thousands of subscribers, including names, emails, usernames, phone numbers, and plain text passwords; and tens of millions of email addresses from thousands of mailing lists alleged to have been used by The Post Millennial. The mailing lists, which have not been independently verified, appeared to originate from various campaigns and contained additional personal attributes such as names, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
In 2017, the esports platform FACEIT, known for hosting competitive online gaming tournaments, suffered a data breach affecting approximately 230,000 members. The method of the breach and the identity of the perpetrators remain unknown. Among the compromised data were email addresses and passwords stored in plaintext.
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In approximately 2017, the gaming website AhoyGame suffered a data breach that impacted 191k users. The breach included Email Addresses and Passwords stored as Vbulletin hashes.
In May 2019, the Minecraft server website Minehut reportedly suffered a data breach. The company confirmed that a database backup had been accessed and subsequently notified all impacted users. The breach exposed 397,000 email addresses, along with bcrypt password hashes.
In approximately March 2022, the Online Drinks store Shaker & Spoon suffered a data breach that impacted 169k users. The attack led to the exposure of data including Email addresses, Full names, Physical addresses, Phone numbers, Payment Methods and Partial Card information (Last 4 Digits and Exp. Year).
In May 2021, the forum for unix.com suffered a data breach. The breach included Usernames, Email addresses, IP Addresses, Dates of Birth and Passwords stored as vBulletin hashes. In total, 169k users were affected. The website was hacked by @donjuji.
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