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Breach occurred 2020-09-21Verifiedgamesbox.com
What happened
In September 2020, now defunct website Games Box suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The impacted data included 1.4M email addresses alongside usernames, genders, ages and passwords stored as either a hash or plain text.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Games Box data breach occurred on September 21, 2020. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on September 15, 2024.
1,439,354 accounts were affected by the Games Box data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Games Box breach exposed the following data types: Ages, Email addresses, Genders, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Games Box breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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