Facepunch Data Breach

What happened?

In June 2016, the game development studio Facepunch suffered a data breach that exposed 343k users. The breached data included usernames, email and IP addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes. Facepunch advised they were aware of the incident and had notified people at the time. The data was provided to HIBP by whitehat security researcher and data analyst Adam Davies.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is June 3, 2016. The record was added to the catalogue on October 17, 2018 and last updated there on October 17, 2018.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Passwords
• Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Facepunch or used facepunch.com around June 3, 2016. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.