Earth 2
What Happened
In October 2024, 421k unique email addresses from the virtual earth game Earth 2 were derived from embedded Gravatar images. Appearing alongside player usernames, the root cause was related to how Gravatar presents links to avatars as MD5 hashes within consuming services, a feature Earth 2 advised has now been disabled on their platform. This incident did not expose any further personal information, passwords or financial data.
Compromised Data
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Affected Accounts:
421 thousand
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Breach Occurred:
October 2024
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Added to HIBP:
7 Nov 2024
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Change Your Password
If you haven't changed your Earth 2 password since 2024, do so immediately.
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