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Facepunch data breach (2016)

In June 2016, the game development studio Facepunch suffered a data breach that exposed 343k users. The breached data included usernames, email and IP addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes. Facepunch advised they were aware of the incident and had notified people at the time.

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Facepunch
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342.9K
SectorTechnology

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 2016-06-03, Facepunch was affected by a data breach. Approximately 342,913 accounts were exposed. In June 2016, the game development studio Facepunch suffered a data breach that exposed 343k users. The breached data included usernames, email and IP addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes. Facepunch advised they were aware of the incident and had notified people at the time.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Facepunch
  2. facepunch.comhttps://facepunch.com

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