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Tianya data breach (2011)

In December 2011, China's largest online forum known as Tianya was hacked and tens of millions of accounts were obtained by the attacker. The leaked data included names, usernames and email addresses.

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Tianya
records
29.0M
SectorMedia
CountryChina

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 2011-12-26, Tianya was affected by a data breach. Approximately 29,020,808 accounts were exposed. In December 2011, China's largest online forum known as Tianya was hacked and tens of millions of accounts were obtained by the attacker. The leaked data included names, usernames and email addresses.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Tianya
  2. tianya.cnhttps://tianya.cn

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