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Breach occurred 2010-12-11Verifiedgawker.com
What happened
In December 2010, Gawker was attacked by the hacker collective "Gnosis" in retaliation for what was reported to be a feud between Gawker and 4Chan. Information about Gawkers 1.3M users was published along with the data from Gawker's other web presences including Gizmodo and Lifehacker. Due to the prevalence of password reuse, many victims of the breach then had their Twitter accounts compromised to send Acai berry spam.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Gawker data breach occurred on December 11, 2010. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on December 4, 2013.
1,247,574 accounts were affected by the Gawker data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Gawker breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Gawker breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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