ShellCodeX Breach Report
Chess Data Breach
chess.com
Verified breach
Accounts exposed
1,274,077
Breach date
08 Nov 2023
Added to tracker
10 Nov 2023
Data classes
4
What happened
In November 2023, over 800k user records were scraped from the Chess website and posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included email address, name, username and the geographic location of the user. A further 446k scraped records were later provided and added to HIBP.
Exposed data
Email addresses
Geographic locations
Names
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Chess — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
