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Breach occurred 2022-12-03Verifiedgunauction.com
What happened
In December 2022, the online firearms auction website GunAuction.com suffered a data breach which was later discovered left unprotected on the hacker's server. The data included over 565k user records with extensive personal data including email, IP and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, genders, years of birth, credit card type and passwords stored in plain text. The leaked identities could subsequently be matched to firearms listed for sale on the website.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The GunAuction.com data breach occurred on December 3, 2022. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 2, 2023.
565,470 accounts were affected by the GunAuction.com data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The GunAuction.com breach exposed the following data types: Browser user agent details, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Partial credit card data, Partial dates of birth, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the GunAuction.com breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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