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Activision data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the December 2022 breach of Activision. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Activision data breach exposed 16,006 accounts from activision.com in December 2022. The data taken includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, geographic locations and job titles.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 3 Oct 2023, 10 months later. It is the 608th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Activision’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.
Geographic locationsRoughly where you live.
Job titlesPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.

What to do

  1. Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Activision among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Activision.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.

Timeline

  • : the breach, as best it can be dated.
  • : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 10 months later.

Similar breaches

Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:

See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “Activision”, Have I Been Pwned, added 3 Oct 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.