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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.

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Gawker
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1.2M
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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 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

  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Gawker
  2. gawker.comhttps://gawker.com

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