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Breach occurred 2012-12-17Verifiedheroesofnewerth.com
What happened
In December 2012, the multiplayer online battle arena game known as Heroes of Newerth was hacked and over 8 million accounts extracted from the system. The compromised data included usernames, email addresses and passwords.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Heroes of Newerth data breach occurred on December 17, 2012. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on January 24, 2016.
8,089,103 accounts were affected by the Heroes of Newerth data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Heroes of Newerth breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Heroes of Newerth breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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