ConfirmedData breach
Fanlore: a data breach
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.
The record
- Organisation
- Fanlore →
- Identity
- Fanloreidentified by its domain in a verified breach record
- Records affected
- 144,520 records
- Data exposed
- Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames
- Sector
- Not recorded
- Occurred
- 2026-08-06
- Disclosed
- 2026-08-19
- First recorded here
- 2026-09-09
Sources (1)
One source so far.
- Have I Been Pwned ↗First reported
2026-08-19