AnimeLeague Data Breach (2024)

The AnimeLeague Data Breach in July 2024 involved the exposure of significant user data from their event registration system and phpBB bulletin board, which was subsequently posted for sale on a popular hacking forum. This breach affected and exposed sensitive information including 192K unique email addresses, usernames, private messages, dates of birth, and purchase details. The passwords compromised were stored in various hashed formats, such as SHA-1, salted MD5, and bcrypt.