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Nival Data Breach

nival.com
Significant exposure
Verified breach
Accounts exposed 1,535,473
Breach date 29 Feb 2016
Added to tracker 03 Mar 2016
Data classes 8

What happened

In February 2016, the Russian gaming company Nival was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting "the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine", Nival was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted over 1.5M accounts including sensitive personal information.

Exposed data

Avatars Dates of birth Email addresses Genders Names Spoken languages Usernames Website activity

Recommended actions

  • Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Nival โ€” attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk โ€” consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
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