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Fanlore

Disclosed Aug 19, 2026144,520 accountsConfirmed

Official notice

In August 2026, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) identified unauthorised access to the Fanlore wiki it operates . The breach resulted in the exposure of 145k unique email addresses along with usernames and passwords stored as either MD5 or PBKDF2 hashes. OTW self-submitted the exposed data to HIBP.

What is known

People affected144,520 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedAug 19, 2026
HappenedAug 6, 2026
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmailsNamesPasswords
SectorTech
StatusConfirmed
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned), confirmed by Company page. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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