Foxy Bingo Data Breach

What happened?

In April 2007, the online gambling site Foxy Bingo was hacked and 252,000 accounts were obtained by the hackers. The breached records were subsequently sold and traded and included personal information data such as plain text passwords, birth dates and home addresses.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is April 4, 2008. The record was added to the catalogue on November 22, 2015 and last updated there on November 22, 2015.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Account balances
• Browser user agent details
• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Usernames
• Website activity

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 Foxy Bingo or used foxybingo.com around April 4, 2008. 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.