Heroes of Newerth

In December 2012, the multiplayer online battle arena game Heroes of Newerth experienced a significant data breach. Hackers infiltrated the game's systems and extracted data from over 6.9 million accounts. The compromised information included usernames, email addresses, and passwords. The breach was publicly acknowledged by S2 Games, the developer of Heroes of Newerth, on December 17, 2012. The hacker, reportedly a network security engineer from Belarus, claimed responsibility for the breach on Reddit. They criticized the security vulnerabilities in S2's platform and threatened further attacks.

Data Included in the Breach