ShellCodeX Breach Report
R2 (2017 forum breach) Data Breach
r2games.com
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
1,023,466
Breach date
01 Jan 2017
Added to tracker
25 Apr 2017
Data classes
4
What happened
In early 2017, the forum for the gaming website R2 Games was hacked. R2 had previously appeared on HIBP in 2015 after a prior incident. This one exposed over 1 million unique user accounts and corresponding MD5 password hashes with no salt.
Exposed data
Email addresses
Passwords
Usernames
Website activity
Recommended actions
- Change your R2 (2017 forum breach) 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 R2 (2017 forum breach) — 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
