In April 2018, Smogon, a Pokémon website, publicly disclosed that they had suffered a data breach. This breach had actually occurred back in September 2017 and primarily impacted their XenForo-based forum. The compromised data included user information such as usernames, email addresses, genders, and password hashes stored using bcrypt and MD5 encryption methods.
This database became publicly available due to the data breach, which exposed the information of tens of thousands of Smogon forum users.
Compromised data: Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- Compromised accounts: 386,489
- Breach date: 10 September 2017
This database became publicly available due to the data breach, which exposed the information of tens of thousands of Smogon forum users.
Compromised data: Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity