[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f2e9wjrdpuubf1":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":7,"domain":9,"breachDate":10,"addedDate":11,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":13,"source":14,"sourceUrl":15,"sourceUrls":16,"pwnCount":17,"affectedCount":17,"affectedCountStatus":18,"affectedCountLowerBound":19,"affectedCountUnit":20,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":21,"dataClasses":22,"description":29,"seoTitle":15,"seoTitleEn":30,"seoDescription":15,"seoDescriptionEn":31,"logoUrl":32,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":4,"isSpamList":33,"isMalware":33,"company":34},"68e3266eda11adda488251c9","fantasy-football-hub","Fantasy Football Hub Data Breach","fantasyfootballhub.co.uk","2021-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","2021-10-07T06:32:57.000Z","2026-07-02T12:26:55.059Z","2026-07-18T23:50:27.772Z","Fantasy football subscription account data breach","",[],66479,"known",null,"unknown","Medium",[23,24,25,26,27,28],"Email addresses","IP addresses","Names","Passwords","Purchases","Usernames","\u003Cp>The Fantasy Football Hub data breach is a confirmed incident on October 2, 2021, affecting users of fantasy Premier League and football analysis services. The record covers 66,479 unique email accounts. Verified data types include email addresses, IP addresses, names, passwords, transaction information, and usernames. Passwords were stored as WordPress MD5 hashes; this method is considered weak by current standards, so users who reuse passwords are at high risk. Transaction information indicates that the user could be associated with a subscription or purchase context; however, this record should not be presented as a payment card number or bank account leak. The risks are account security, fake subscription messages, and football community-related phishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Leaking Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The data types listed in this record are Email addresses, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Purchases, and Usernames. When email, name, and username are present together, attackers may attempt to match them with a person's fantasy football profile, forum account, or social media identity. IP addresses can provide technical session and approximate location context. Transaction information can be used for fake subscription renewals, fake returns, fake premium access, or fake payment verification messages. WordPress MD5 password hashes are not plaintext passwords; however, weak passwords can be quickly cracked, and reused passwords can be tried on other accounts. This record does not contain full payment cards, bank accounts, phone numbers, or physical addresses. Nevertheless, the combination of passwords and transaction information is significant for account takeover and subscription fraud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The verified main metric is 66,479 unique email accounts. The data classes are limited to email, IP address, name, password hashes, transaction information, and usernames. Transaction information is not the same as a payment card number; it may show the user's purchase or subscription history associated with the service. Phone, physical address, payment card details, bank account, official ID, or private message content are not among the verified fields of this record. It has been noted that the password hashes are in WordPress MD5 format; therefore, it must be treated as if the user-side password is exposed. Since the incident is associated with a fantasy football service, the risk can especially turn into more convincing social engineering messages during the football season, league start, transfer weeks, and premium content periods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The main group at risk has opened a Fantasy Football Hub account, used Fantasy Premier League content, and may have users with premium membership or transaction history. Users who repeat the same username on social media, football forums, or gaming platforms carry a higher risk for profile matching. People who use the same password across email, social media, non-betting sports apps, or subscription services become vulnerable to account takeover attempts. Users with transaction information can be targeted with fake subscription renewal, fake discount, fake refund, or premium account verification messages. Football content creators, mini-league managers, and active users in communities may be more visible targets. IP information can make it easier for attackers to create messages themed around region or session security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>If your email address appears in this record, do not consider the password you use for your Fantasy Football Hub account secure anymore. Set a unique password for emails, social media, subscription, gaming, and sports accounts where you use the same or similar password. Enable multi-factor authentication on services that offer it. Before clicking on links in unexpected premium membership renewal, refund, discount, team analysis, mini-league invitation, or account verification messages, access the account directly from a known web address. Do not trust messages that already know your transaction information or username; this information may have leaked. Check password reset alerts and new login notifications in your email account. If you use the same username on other platforms, review your visible profile information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Fantasy sports and subscription accounts have become active again during seasonal cycles, so old leaks can be reused in new campaign periods. Users should use unique passwords for each subscription service, prefer a password manager, and close old accounts. While keeping mini-league, forum, and social media usernames the same may be practical, it poses a strong profile-matching risk when datasets are combined. On the platform side, old hash formats like WordPress MD5 should be replaced with up-to-date and strong password storage methods. Retention periods for old transaction records should be managed, and premium membership and refund messages should be presented with explicit verification steps. Users should be more cautious about discount, refund, and premium access messages that arrive at the start of the football season and during busy transfer periods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>LeakData check shows whether your email address was included in the Fantasy Football Hub leak. A positive result does not indicate the presence of payment card, phone, or physical address in the verified data classes; the verified risk is the misuse of email, IP, name, username, transaction information, and WordPress MD5 password hashes. User action is to change reused passwords, prioritize the email account, verify subscription and refund messages, and reduce username matching risk. If the same email also appears in other sports, gaming, or subscription leaks, the risk increases; attackers can combine football interests, transaction history, and account information to create more convincing messages.\u003C\u002Fp>","Fantasy Football Hub Data Breach (66.5 Thousand Reported Records)","Fantasy Football Hub Data Breach. 66.5 Thousand reported records were reported. Reported data: Email addresses, IP addresses, Names. 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