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Breach occurred 2017-01-01Verifiedr2games.com
What happened
In early 2017, the forum for the gaming website R2 Games was hacked. R2 had previously appeared on HIBP in 2015 after a prior incident. This one exposed over 1 million unique user accounts and corresponding MD5 password hashes with no salt.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The R2 (2017 forum breach) data breach occurred on January 1, 2017. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on April 25, 2017.
1,023,466 accounts were affected by the R2 (2017 forum breach) data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The R2 (2017 forum breach) breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the R2 (2017 forum breach) breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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