Heroes of Newerth data breach
The Heroes of Newerth breach happened on December 17, 2012 and exposed 8,089,103 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- heroesofnewerth.com
- Breach date
- December 17, 2012
- Recorded on
- January 24, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 8,089,103
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 66 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 66 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Usernames.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- JD (2013-01-01, 77,449,341 accounts)
- OMGPOP (2013-01-01, 7,071,293 accounts)
- FaceUP (2013-01-01, 87,633 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Heroes of Newerth password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of November 20, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.