HLTV data breach
The HLTV breach happened on June 19, 2016 and exposed 611,070 accounts. 5 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- hltv.org
- Breach date
- June 19, 2016
- Recorded on
- March 22, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 611,070
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 70 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 70 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Names.
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
- Whitepages (2016-06-27, 11,657,763 accounts)
- StreetEasy (2016-06-28, 988,230 accounts)
- Tunngle (2016-07-01, 8,192,928 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your HLTV 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 October 21, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.