Breachesby GlyphShadow
Disclosed Oct 12, 2023543,295 accountsUnverified
Social engineering attack on cloud gaming firm Shadow exposes customer data
French cloud gaming company Shadow told customers that an employee was tricked via Discord and a fake Steam game in late September 2023, letting attackers reach customer data at a SaaS provider. A hacker claimed to be selling data on more than 530,000 customers, which Shadow did not dispute.
What is known
| People affected | 543,295 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Discovered | Sep 2023 |
| Happened | Sep 28, 2023 |
| Attack | Phishing |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsNamesAddresses |
| Sector | Gaming · FR |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Shadow to https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/12/shadow-hacked-customers-personal-data-stolen/by seedSource
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In September 2023, the cloud gaming provider Shadow suffered a data breach that exposed over half a million customer records . The data included email and physical addresses, names and dates of birth. to French cloud gaming company Shadow told customers that an employee was tricked via Discord and a fake Steam game in late September 2023, letting attackers reach customer data at a SaaS provider. A hacker claimed to be selling data on more tby seedSource
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First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.