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Breach occurred 2017-12-30Verifiedhounddawgs.org
What happened
In December 2017, the Danish torrent tracker known as HoundDawgs suffered a data breach. More than 55GB of data was dumped publicly and whilst there was initially contention as to the severity of the incident, the data did indeed contain more than 45k unique email addresses complete extensive logs of torrenting activity, IP addresses and SHA1 passwords.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The HoundDawgs data breach occurred on December 30, 2017. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on January 3, 2018.
45,701 accounts were affected by the HoundDawgs data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The HoundDawgs breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the HoundDawgs breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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