Smogon

What Happened

In April 2018, the Pokémon website known as Smogon announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach dated back to September 2017 and affected their XenForo based forum. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses, genders and both bcrypt and MD5 password hashes.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
Passwords
Usernames
Website activity

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    386.5 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    September 2017

  • Added to HIBP:

    11 Apr 2018

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Smogon password since 2017, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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