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Breach occurred 2007-07-12Verifiedgpotato.com
What happened
In July 2007, the multiplayer game portal known as gPotato (link to archive of the site at that time) suffered a data breach and over 2 million user accounts were exposed. The site later merged into the Webzen portal where the original accounts still exist today. The exposed data included usernames, email and IP addresses, MD5 hashes and personal attributes such as gender, birth date, physical address and security questions and answers stored in plain text.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The gPotato data breach occurred on July 12, 2007. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on September 24, 2016.
2,136,520 accounts were affected by the gPotato data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The gPotato breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Physical addresses, Security questions and answers, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the gPotato breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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