Pokémon Negro Data Breach

What happened

In approximately October 2016, the Spanish Pokémon site Pokémon Negro suffered a data breach. The attack resulted in the disclosure of 830k accounts including email and IP addresses along with plain text passwords. Pokémon Negro did not respond when contacted about the breach.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Pokémon Negro 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 Pokémon Negro — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.