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Breach occurred 2013-05-05Verifiedneopets.com
What happened
In May 2016, a set of breached data originating from the virtual pet website "Neopets" was found being traded online. Allegedly hacked "several years earlier", the data contains sensitive personal information including birthdates, genders and names as well as almost 27 million unique email addresses. Passwords were stored in plain text and IP addresses were also present in the breach.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Neopets data breach occurred on May 5, 2013. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on July 7, 2016.
26,892,897 accounts were affected by the Neopets data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Neopets breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Neopets breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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