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Heroes of Newerth data breach (2012)

In December 2012, the multiplayer online battle arena game known as Heroes of Newerth was hacked and over 8 million accounts extracted from the system. The compromised data included usernames, email addresses and passwords.

Victim
Heroes of Newerth
records
8.1M
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 2012-12-17, Heroes of Newerth was affected by a data breach. Approximately 8,089,103 accounts were exposed. In December 2012, the multiplayer online battle arena game known as Heroes of Newerth was hacked and over 8 million accounts extracted from the system. The compromised data included usernames, email addresses and passwords.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#HeroesofNewerth
  2. heroesofnewerth.comhttps://heroesofnewerth.com

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