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Neopets data breach (2013)

In May 2016, a set of breached data originating from the virtual pet website "Neopets" was found being traded online. Allegedly hacked "several years earlier", the data contains sensitive personal information including birthdates, genders and names as well as almost 27 million unique email…

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Neopets
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26.9M
SectorRetail

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 2013-05-05, Neopets was affected by a data breach. Approximately 26,892,897 accounts were exposed. In May 2016, a set of breached data originating from the virtual pet website "Neopets" was found being traded online. Allegedly hacked "several years earlier", the data contains sensitive personal information including birthdates, genders and names as well as almost 27 million unique email…

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Neopets
  2. neopets.comhttps://neopets.com

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