800,000 user records scraped from Chess.com leaked
A hacker leaked 800,000 user records collected from Chess.com through scraping. The specific data fields leaked and Chess.com's response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Chess.com
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 800,000 user records
- Cause / method
- Release of user records collected through scraping
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- The leak of 800,000 user records scraped from Chess.com was reported.
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