Gawker data breach (2010)
In December 2010, Gawker was attacked by the hacker collective "Gnosis" in retaliation for what was reported to be a feud between Gawker and 4Chan. Information about Gawkers 1.3M users was published along with the data from Gawker's other web presences including Gizmodo and Lifehacker.
- Victim
- Gawker
- records
- 1.2M
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 2010-12-11, Gawker was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,247,574 accounts were exposed. In December 2010, Gawker was attacked by the hacker collective "Gnosis" in retaliation for what was reported to be a feud between Gawker and 4Chan. Information about Gawkers 1.3M users was published along with the data from Gawker's other web presences including Gizmodo and Lifehacker.
Sources
- haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Gawker
- gawker.comhttps://gawker.com