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Breach occurred 2011-06-26Verifiedbattlefieldheroes.com
What happened
In June 2011 as part of a final breached data dump, the hacker collective "LulzSec" obtained and released over half a million usernames and passwords from the game Battlefield Heroes. The passwords were stored as MD5 hashes with no salt and many were easily converted back to their plain text versions.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Battlefield Heroes data breach occurred on June 26, 2011. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on January 23, 2014.
530,270 accounts were affected by the Battlefield Heroes data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Battlefield Heroes breach exposed the following data types: Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Battlefield Heroes breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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