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Roblox data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2016 breach of Roblox. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Roblox data breach exposed 52,458 accounts from roblox.com in July 2016. The data taken includes usernames, account balances, purchases, email addresses and IP addresses.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 23 Jul 2023, 7 years later. It is the 598th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

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

DataWhat it’s used for
UsernamesHalf of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts.
Account balancesUseful for payment fraud.
PurchasesShows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
IP addressesRoughly where you were when you used the service.

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, Roblox among them, without showing the data.
  2. Turn on two-step sign-in.On Roblox (roblox.com) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
  3. Distrust messages that mention Roblox.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, 7 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:

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

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “Roblox”, Have I Been Pwned, added 23 Jul 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.