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Breach occurred 2026-08-06Verifiedfanlore.org
What happened
In August 2026, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) identified unauthorised access to the Fanlore wiki it operates. The breach resulted in the exposure of 145k unique email addresses along with usernames and passwords stored as either MD5 or PBKDF2 hashes. OTW self-submitted the exposed data to HIBP.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Fanlore data breach occurred on August 6, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on August 19, 2026.
144,520 accounts were affected by the Fanlore data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Fanlore breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Fanlore breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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