Earth 2 data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the October 2024 breach of Earth 2. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Earth 2 data breach exposed 420,961 accounts from earth2.io in October 2024. The data taken includes usernames and email addresses.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 7 Nov 2024, 1 month later. It is the 498th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Earth 2’s breach included 2 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| 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, Earth 2 among them, without showing the data.
- Turn on two-step sign-in.On Earth 2 (earth2.io) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
- Distrust messages that mention Earth 2.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, 1 month later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- The Post Millennial, May 2024, 57 million accounts
- Internet Archive, September 2024, 31 million accounts
- Trello, January 2024, 15 million accounts
- Zacks (2024), June 2024, 12 million accounts
- The Real World, November 2024, 324,382 accounts
- Spoutible, January 2024, 207,114 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- earth2.io, Earth 2’s website