What was exposed, when it happened, and which databases confirm it.
- accounts
- 6,443,370
- Breached
- July 31, 2016
- Last Update
- September 7, 2016
Were you caught in this breach?
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What happened
In July 2016, the gaming news site DLH.net suffered a data breach which exposed 3.3M subscriber identities. Along with the keys used to redeem and activate games on the Steam platform, the breach also resulted in the exposure of email addresses, birth dates and salted MD5 password hashes. The data was donated to Have I Been Pwned by data breach monitoring service Vigilante.pw.
Compromised Info
- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- Names
- Passwords
- Usernames
- Website activity
Attestation
Four independent databases catalog this breach and they do not always agree. Each lane below is one source’s own count.
Sources & Link Methods
- LeakCheck— linked via automatic string matching
- Dehashed— linked via domain matching
- HIBP
FAQ
What was leaked in the DLH breach?
The DLH breach exposed: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames, and Website activity.
When did the DLH breach happen?
The DLH breach was disclosed on July 31, 2016 and affected 3,264,710 records.
Am I affected by the DLH breach?
Search your email, phone or username at checkleaked.cc to find out whether your data appears in the DLH leak.