Animeify data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the October 2021 breach of Animeify. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Animeify data breach exposed 808,034 accounts from animeify.net in October 2021. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, names, email addresses and genders.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 21 Sep 2025, 4 years later. It is the 443rd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Animeify’s breach included 5 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. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Genders | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
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, Animeify among them, without showing the data.
- Change your Animeify password.If the account still exists, sign in at Animeify (animeify.net) 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 Animeify.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, 4 years later.
Breaches often stay hidden for a long time. Until it came out, people in it had no reason to change anything.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- Liker, March 2021, 465,141 accounts
- Fantasy Football Hub, October 2021, 66,479 accounts
- Wattpad, June 2020, 269 million accounts
- Mangatoon, May 2022, 23 million accounts
- Wishbone (2020), January 2020, 9.7 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Animeify”, Have I Been Pwned, added 21 Sep 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- animeify.net, Animeify’s website