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What happened
In August 2013, the interactive video game Lord of the Rings Online suffered a data breach that exposed over 1.1M players' accounts. The data was being actively traded on underground forums and included email addresses, birth dates and password hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Lord of the Rings Online data breach occurred on August 1, 2013. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on March 12, 2016.
1,141,278 accounts were affected by the Lord of the Rings Online data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Lord of the Rings Online breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Lord of the Rings Online breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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