Nexus Mods
Disclosed Jan 17, 201610 years ago5,915,013 accountsUnverified
In December 2015, the game modding site Nexus Mods released a statement notifying users that they had been hacked . They subsequently dated the hack as having occurred in July 2013 although there is evidence to suggest the data was being traded months in advance of that. The breach contained usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as a salted hashes.
What is known
| People affected | 5,915,013 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jan 17, 2016 |
| Happened | Jul 22, 2013 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Nexus Modshaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jan 17, 2016 | 5,915,013 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.