What was exposed, when it happened, and which databases confirm it.
- accounts
- 12,452,028
- Breached
- July 22, 2013
- Last Update
- January 17, 2016
Were you caught in this breach?
Search your email, phone number or username against every record CheckLeaked indexes.
What happened
In December 2015, the game modding site Nexus Mods released a statement notifying users that they had been hacked. They subsequently dated the hack as having occurred in July 2013 although there is evidence to suggest the data was being traded months in advance of that. The breach contained usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as a salted hashes.
Compromised Info
- Email addresses
- Passwords
- Usernames
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 NexusMods breach?
The NexusMods breach exposed: Email addresses, Passwords, and Usernames.
When did the NexusMods breach happen?
The NexusMods breach was disclosed on July 22, 2013 and affected 5,915,013 records.
Am I affected by the NexusMods breach?
Search your email, phone or username at checkleaked.cc to find out whether your data appears in the NexusMods leak.