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Breach occurred 2013-07-22Verifiednexusmods.com
What happened
In December 2015, the game modding site Nexus Mods released a statement notifying users that they had been hacked. They subsequently dated the hack as having occurred in July 2013 although there is evidence to suggest the data was being traded months in advance of that. The breach contained usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as a salted hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Nexus Mods data breach occurred on July 22, 2013. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on January 17, 2016.
5,915,013 accounts were affected by the Nexus Mods data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Nexus Mods breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Nexus Mods breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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