ShellCodeX Breach Report
NextGenUpdate Data Breach
nextgenupdate.com
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
1,194,597
Breach date
22 Apr 2014
Added to tracker
05 Jun 2015
Data classes
4
What happened
Early in 2014, the video game website NextGenUpdate reportedly suffered a data breach that disclosed almost 1.2 million accounts. Amongst the data breach was usernames, email addresses, IP addresses and salted and hashed passwords.
Exposed data
Email addresses
IP addresses
Passwords
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Change your NextGenUpdate password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
- Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing NextGenUpdate — 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
