Profile information of 7.3 million Chess.com users leaked
Profile information of 7.3 million Chess.com users was leaked. Indications that scraping was the cause were presented, and the time of the incident and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Chess.com
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Profile information of 7.3 million users
- Cause / method
- Indications that the data was collected by scraping
- Location
- Other countries
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- The leak of information on 7.3 million Chess.com users and indications of scraping became known.
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