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GTAGaming Data Breach (2016)

GTAGaming

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Disclosed

August 1, 2016

3525 days ago

Records

197.2K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Gaming

Description

GTAGaming.com, a popular fan site for the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, reportedly experienced a data breach in 2016.The breach exposed the personal information of nearly 200,000 users of the site, including email addresses, usernames, and hashed passwords. The passwords were reportedly protected with the weak MD5 hashing algorithm, which could be easily cracked by attackers.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsIP AddressesDates of birthUsernamesEmail addresses