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ILikeCheats data breach (2014)

In October 2014, the game cheats website known as ILikeCheats suffered a data breach that exposed 189k accounts. The vBulletin based forum leaked usernames, IP and email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords. The data was provided with support from dehashed.com.

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ILikeCheats
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188.8K
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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 2014-10-18, ILikeCheats was affected by a data breach. Approximately 188,847 accounts were exposed. In October 2014, the game cheats website known as ILikeCheats suffered a data breach that exposed 189k accounts. The vBulletin based forum leaked usernames, IP and email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords. The data was provided with support from dehashed.com.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#ILikeCheats
  2. ilikecheats.nethttps://ilikecheats.net

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