What was exposed, when it happened, and which databases confirm it.
- accounts
- 1,601,918
- Breached
- June 12, 2021
- Last Update
- January 28, 2025
Were you caught in this breach?
Search your email, phone number or username against every record CheckLeaked indexes.
What happened
In June 2021, the (now defunct) gaming website HeatGames suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The breach exposed almost 650k unique email addresses along with IP addresses, country and salted MD5 password hashes.
Compromised Info
- Email addresses
- Geographic locations
- IP addresses
- Passwords
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
- HIBP
FAQ
What was leaked in the HeatGames breach?
The HeatGames breach exposed: Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, and Passwords.
When did the HeatGames breach happen?
The HeatGames breach was disclosed on June 12, 2021 and affected 1,601,918 records.
Am I affected by the HeatGames breach?
Search your email, phone or username at checkleaked.cc to find out whether your data appears in the HeatGames leak.