🪖 VNG
About this breach
In April 2018, news appeared about the data leak in the Vietnamese company VNG, after it was discovered that the data are traded at the popular hacker forum where they were widely distributed. The leak occurred in May 2015 and included more than 163 million records. The data contained names, dates of birth, gender, home addresses, unsalted Heshi MD5 and 25 million unique email addresses.
Compromised Data
This breach exposed the following types of personal information:
Nick
163.3M
457.4% of accounts
Full name
49.7M
139.2% of accounts
Email
35.7M
100% of accounts
Telephone
12.3M
34.3% of accounts
Total data points: 261M
Unique accounts affected: 35.7M
🔐 What should I do?
- Change your password immediately if you had an account
- Enable two-factor authentication where possible
- Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
- Be aware of potential phishing attempts
📊 Data Classes
👤 Nick
👤 Full name
📩 Email
📞 Telephone
API Access
Get information about this breach programmatically:
GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/VNG