AnimeGame data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the February 2020 breach of AnimeGame. For every breach, see Breaches.
The AnimeGame data breach exposed 1,431,378 accounts from animegame.me in February 2020. The data taken includes passwords, usernames and email addresses.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 9 Mar 2020, within a month. It is the 357th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
AnimeGame’s breach included 3 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, AnimeGame among them, without showing the data.
- Change your AnimeGame password.If the account still exists, sign in at AnimeGame (animegame.me) and change it.
- Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
- Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
- Distrust messages that mention AnimeGame.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, within a month.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Wattpad, June 2020, 269 million accounts
- Wishbone (2020), January 2020, 9.7 million accounts
- Jefit, August 2020, 9.1 million accounts
- 123RF, March 2020, 8.7 million accounts
- Animal Jam, October 2020, 7.1 million accounts
- LiveAuctioneers, June 2020, 3.4 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “AnimeGame”, Have I Been Pwned, added 9 Mar 2020. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- animegame.me, AnimeGame’s website