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GunAuction.com

Disclosed Mar 2, 2023565,470 accountsUnverified

In December 2022, the online firearms auction website GunAuction.com suffered a data breach which was later discovered left unprotected on the hacker's server . The data included over 565k user records with extensive personal data including email, IP and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, genders, years of birth, credit card type and passwords stored in plain text. The leaked identities could subsequently be matched to firearms listed for sale on the website.

What is known

People affected565,470 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMar 2, 2023
HappenedDec 3, 2022
AttackHacking
Data exposedEmailsIP addressesPayment cardsDates of birthPasswordsPhone numbersAddresses
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

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

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