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Breach occurred 2023-11-08Verifiedchess.com
What happened
In November 2023, over 800k user records were scraped from the Chess.com website and posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included email address, name, username and the geographic location of the user. A further 446k scraped records were later provided and added to HIBP.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Chess.com (2023) data breach occurred on November 8, 2023. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on November 10, 2023.
1,274,077 accounts were affected by the Chess.com (2023) data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Chess.com (2023) breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Geographic locations, Names, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Chess.com (2023) breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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