Gawker

Disclosed Dec 13, 20101,247,574 affectedUnverified

Hackers dump Gawker user database and cracked passwords

Hackers breached Gawker Media and published its user database, cracking more than a quarter of a million passwords; Have I Been Pwned lists about 1.25 million affected accounts.

What is known

People affected	1,247,574 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Dec 13, 2010
Happened	Dec 11, 2010
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	EmailsPasswords
Sector	Media · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
Check your email	Have I Been Pwned

Sources

Aggregatorhaveibeenpwned.com

Have I Been Pwned: Gawker

Newstheguardian.com

Gawker falls victim to hackers

Notices filed

TotalDec 13, 2010

Research1,247,574 people

Accounts in the dataDec 4, 2013

Have I Been Pwned1,247,574 people

History of this record

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aggregator to pressby seedSource

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https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Gawker to https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/dec/13/gawker-hackers-passwords-twitter-wikileaksby seedSource

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empty to USby seedSource

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tech to mediaby seedSource

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In December 2010, Gawker was attacked by the hacker collective "Gnosis" in retaliation for what was reported to be a feud between Gawker and 4Chan. Information about Gawkers 1.3M users was published along with the data from Gawker's other w to Hackers breached Gawker Media and published its user database, cracking more than a quarter of a million passwords; Have I Been Pwned lists about 1.25 million affected accounts.by seedSource

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

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