StreamCraft – 1,772,620 breached accounts

In July 2020, the Russian Minecraft service StreamCraft suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The data included 1.8M records of usernames, email and IP addresses and passwords stored as either MD5 or bcrypt hashes.

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Hiring Kit: Computer Forensic Analyst

The increasing emphasis on securing sensitive data by regulatory agencies and governments worldwide has opened job opportunities beyond criminal justice for capable individuals with proficient technical skills, inquisitive analytical mindsets, and the tenacious drive to solve seemingly intractable problems. This customizable hiring kit, written by Mark W. Kaelin for TechRepublic Premium, provides a framework you …

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The Club Penguin Experience – 6,342 breached accounts

In October 2024, The Club Penguin Experience (TCPE) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed over 6k subscribers’ email addresses alongside usernames, age groups, passwords stored as bcrypt hashes and in some cases, plain text password hints. TCPE sent prompt disclosure notices to impacted customers following the breach.

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