Paragon Cheats Data Breach

What Happened

In May 2021, the Grand Theft Auto Online cheats website Paragon Cheats suffered a data breach that lead to the shutdown of the service. The breach exposed 188k customer records including usernames, email and IP addresses.

Compromised Data

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Addresses:

    188.1k

  • Breach Occurred:

    May 2021

  • Added to HIBP:

    14 May 2022

  • Attribution:

    VRAirhead and xFueY

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If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was used.

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Wherever 2FA is supported, add an extra layer of security to your account.

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