R2 (2017 forum breach) data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2017 breach of R2 (2017 forum breach). For every breach, see Breaches.
The R2 (2017 forum breach) data breach exposed 1,023,466 accounts from r2games.com in January 2017. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, email addresses and website activity.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 25 Apr 2017, 4 months later. It is the 416th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
R2 (2017 forum breach)’s breach included 4 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. |
| Website activity | 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, R2 (2017 forum breach) among them, without showing the data.
- Change your R2 (2017 forum breach) password.If the account still exists, sign in at R2 (2017 forum breach) (r2games.com) 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 R2 (2017 forum breach).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 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Edmodo, May 2017, 43 million accounts
- LiveJournal, January 2017, 26 million accounts
- Zomato, May 2017, 16 million accounts
- Dueling Network, March 2017, 6.5 million accounts
- Bell (2017 breach), May 2017, 2.2 million accounts
- Coinmama, August 2017, 478,824 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “R2 (2017 forum breach)”, Have I Been Pwned, added 25 Apr 2017. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- r2games.com, R2 (2017 forum breach)’s website