Gawker

Dec 11, 2010

Domain:

gawker.com

Breach Count:

1,247,574

Region:

Global

News Report:

HIBP Link

-

Leak from:

File Size:

457.65 MB

Uncompressed File Size:

511.26 MB

File Count:

17

The Gawker.com leak occurred in 2010, when an unknown hacker gained access to Gawkers database and stole email addresses, passwords, and usernames belonging to 124,7574 users. The leaked information included:

\email addresses
passwords
usernames

The hackers, who claimed to be a group called Gnosis, posted the stolen data on several websites, including a Russian-language forum. The data was made available for download, exposing the sensitive information of Gawkers users.

The leak was significant due to the size of the data breach and the fact that Gawker was a popular online publication at the time. The company sent out an email to its users, urging them to change their passwords and take steps to protect their online accounts.

The Gawker.com leak was widely reported in the media and highlighted the importance of password security and responsible data handling practices.

Leaked Information:

Password

User Name

We have loaded this breach into our database.

File List:

dumb_passwords.txt

full_db.log

gawker_accounts.txt

parsed_db.txt

gawker_redesign_beta.jpg

readme.txt

server_list.txt

ganja-gawker.tar.gz

ganja-rev10-2010.tar.gz

ganja-trunk.tar.gz

ganja.tar.gz

ganja_takeover.tar.gz

gawker.tar.gz

kinjablog.tar.gz

users.tar.gz

utils.tar.gz

temp.txt

File Content Sample:

nicka ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: naster@gawker.com
Lisanti ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@defamer.com
Choire ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: choire@gawker.com
Defamer ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@defamer.com
gabriela ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: gabriela@gawker.com
trackbacker ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: trackbacker@gawker.com
wonkette ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@wonkette.com
lev ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@gizmodo.com
gizmodo ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@gizmodo.com
admin ::: NULL ::: NULL :::
author_13 ::: NULL ::: NULL :::
brendan ::: NULL ::: NULL :::
Josh ::: NULL ::: NULL :::
Choire2 ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: choire@choiresicha.com
Jane ::: NULL ::: NULL :::
charles ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: runnette@gmail.com
remy ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: theartofspeed@yahoo.com
nicknotned ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: nick@gawker.com
Gawker ::: 7z2J3pT/HjmkM ::: NULL ::: tips@gawker.com
phpclient ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: NULL
apisuper ::: [none] ::: [none] ::: [none]
Su ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: su@gawker.com
AndrewK ::: MNPXFCWHbDSNM ::: $2a$10$B6KdHkBQ8TwQdSjXcCP39u4.Z.eBBkAN.qXZDHF35vpnzf9VRKf2S ::: krucoffa@yahoo.com
Jess ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: gringotogo@ig.com.br
Resy ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@screenhead.com
spine ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@jalopnik.com
Jessica ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@gawker.com
Jessica2 ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: tips@gawker.com
pk ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: patric_king@yahoo.com
Jonno ::: NULL ::: NULL ::: jonno@fleshbot.com