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CheapAssGamer.com data breach (2015)

In approximately mid-2015, the forum for CheapAssGamer.com suffered a data breach. The database from the IP.Board based forum contained 445k accounts including usernames, email and IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.

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CheapAssGamer.com
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444.8K
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2015-07-01, CheapAssGamer.com was affected by a data breach. Approximately 444,767 accounts were exposed. In approximately mid-2015, the forum for CheapAssGamer.com suffered a data breach. The database from the IP.Board based forum contained 445k accounts including usernames, email and IP addresses and salted MD5 password hashes.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#CheapAssGamer.com
  2. cheapassgamer.comhttps://cheapassgamer.com

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