gPotato Data Breach (2007)
gPotato
highXposedOrNot
Disclosed
July 1, 2007
6844 days ago
Records
2.1M
Confirmed
Root Cause
Hacking
Industry
Gaming
Description
The gaming portal gPotato suffered a data breach in 2007, compromising 2.1 million user accounts. The exposed data included usernames, email and IP addresses, MD5 hashes and personal attributes such as gender, birth date, physical address, and security questions and answers stored in plain text.
Exposed Data Types
Exposed Data
PasswordsSecurity questions and answersPhone NumbersIP AddressesDates of birthUsernamesEmail addressesGenders