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Lord of the Rings Online data breach (2013)

In August 2013, the interactive video game Lord of the Rings Online suffered a data breach that exposed over 1.1M players' accounts. The data was being actively traded on underground forums and included email addresses, birth dates and password hashes.

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Lord of the Rings Online
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1.1M
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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 2013-08-01, Lord of the Rings Online was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,141,278 accounts were exposed. In August 2013, the interactive video game Lord of the Rings Online suffered a data breach that exposed over 1.1M players' accounts. The data was being actively traded on underground forums and included email addresses, birth dates and password hashes.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#LordoftheRingsOnline
  2. lotro.comhttps://lotro.com

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