[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f25vz64wmsx5t":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":7,"domain":9,"breachDate":10,"addedDate":11,"modifiedDate":11,"contentUpdatedAt":12,"source":13,"sourceUrl":14,"sourceUrls":15,"pwnCount":19,"affectedCount":19,"affectedCountStatus":20,"affectedCountLowerBound":21,"affectedCountUnit":22,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":23,"dataClasses":24,"description":27,"seoTitle":28,"seoTitleEn":29,"seoDescription":28,"seoDescriptionEn":30,"logoUrl":31,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":32,"isSpamList":32,"isMalware":32,"company":33},"68e3266eda11adda48825284","lolzteam","Lolzteam Data Breach","lolzteam.net","2018-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","2022-11-06T02:58:23.000Z","2026-07-18T23:53:38.657Z","Database leak","https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002Fbreach-report\u002Fdata-hacking-news-over-405-000-hackers-from-lolzteam-net-exposed-3121555080cc",[14,16,17,18],"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.lolzteam&hl=en_US","https:\u002F\u002Flolz.live\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Flzt.market\u002F",398011,"known",null,"unknown","High",[25,26],"Email addresses","Usernames","\u003Cp>The Lolzteam data breach is related to the member data leak seen on May 13, 2018, for the Russian-language-focused forum community lolzteam.net. The verified record affects 398,011 unique accounts. Data classes are email addresses and usernames. Passwords, phone numbers, IP addresses, payment information, or private message content are not verified data classes for this record; the risk to the user should be addressed with this limitation in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The name Lolzteam is used around the forum, social engineering community, and account marketplace. Its historical breach area is recorded as lolzteam.net; current access and support areas may have been moved to different domain names. Therefore, the registration does not mean that all accounts on the current market service were affected by the same incident. The main risk is that the forum username is seen together with the email address, and this match can be associated with other forums, game accounts, social media profiles, or underground communities.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Leaked Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The two fields verified in this record are the email address and the username. The email address makes it easy to contact the person directly and to guess other accounts opened with the same address. The username can be used to link forum identity, nickname, or profile traces across different communities. Since the password is not verified, this record should not be presented as a direct password leak; however, a match of email and username can provide sufficient context for targeted phishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A forum ID can be more sensitive than a normal nickname for some people. When pseudonyms used in cybersecurity, social engineering, account trading, gaming communities, or gray-area forums are combined with a real email, it becomes easier to generate guesses about the person. An attacker can prepare messages that appear to be posts about the user's old forum name, fake account recovery forms, or notifications within the community. Therefore, the risk should be observed under the headings of profile matching, targeted messaging, reputation damage, and phishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The verified scope consists of 398,011 accounts and two data classes: email addresses and usernames. The breach date is listed as May 13, 2018; the record was included in verified breach datasets on November 6, 2022. The source record indicates that the data was later redistributed through another forum. This situation explains that the user risk persists when an old incident reappears in circulation years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Secondary accounts may exist in the original reports that mention broader areas; however, in this record, the verified class list is limited to email and username. Phone number, time zone, activity information, or password fields should not be added to the publicly displayed data class. Such a limitation is not intended to provide incomplete information to the user, but to accurately convey fields with a clear level of evidence. Since the technical entry point of the incident has not been confirmed, a specific vulnerability or method should not be written as an established fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The highest risk applies to people who use the username they have on Lolzteam repeatedly on other forums, gaming accounts, chat communities, social networks, or digital marketplaces. If the same nickname appears on different services, the email address can link these profiles together. This match is especially important for users who want to keep their real identity separate from their forum identity in terms of privacy and reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Old forum members, those who use the same username in account trading or technical forums, those who have not changed their email address for a long time, and those who carry similar nicknames on social media profiles should be more careful. The attacker may try to gain trust by using the user's old forum name. These messages may feature themes such as password reset, account verification, old membership warning, or fake community invitation. The data being old does not eliminate the risk, because the email and username can remain the same for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>If your email address is present in this record, first determine which forum or marketplace account is linked to the respective email. If you still remember the password used on Lolzteam or similar communities and this password is used on other accounts as well, change all duplicates with unique new passwords. Even if the password is not a verified data field in this breach, the possibility that the same password has been used on other services for old forum accounts should not be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In your email inbox, watch out for messages starting with the forum name, account recovery, security alert, or your old username. Before clicking on links, type the address manually or check official app support through a separate channel. Reduce visible profile information on forum, gaming, and social media accounts where you use the same username. Enable two-factor authentication on your email account; review unknown sessions, forwarding rules, and recovery addresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In the long term, forum identity should not be unnecessarily linked to real email and personal social media profiles. Using a separate nickname and a separate email alias for each community reduces the risk of profile matching. Using a password manager to separate old forum passwords, find repetitions, and close unused accounts is a basic defense. Forgetting old accounts does not mean that the data is out of circulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Users should periodically review old forum memberships, public profile pages, and accounts created with the same nickname. Names used in communities focused on technology, gaming, social engineering, or account markets should not be linked to real identities. Email masking, two-factor authentication, strong recovery options, and low-visibility profile settings should be used together. This approach limits the security impact that a single old forum record could have on different accounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>If the Lolzteam result appears positive on LeakData, this record is associated with the lolzteam.net forum data breach dated May 13, 2018. The first step is to check which username the email address matches and whether this username is used elsewhere. Then, privacy settings, visible profile information, and account recovery information should be reviewed on accounts opened with the same email and nickname.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For this breach record, the verified data classes are email addresses and usernames. Password, phone number, IP address, payment information, private message, or official ID field are not verified data classes for this record. User action should focus on email security, nickname matching risk, targeted phishing, and old forum account cleanup. If there is a possibility of password reuse, unique passwords and two-factor authentication should be used on all relevant accounts.\u003C\u002Fp>","","Lolzteam Data Breach (398 Thousand Reported Records)","Lolzteam Data Breach. 398 Thousand reported records were reported. Reported data: Email addresses, Usernames. Review the scope, risks, and protective steps.","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Flolzteam_net.webp",false,{"name":34,"sector":35,"country":36,"website":37,"websiteArchiveUrl":28,"websiteStatus":28,"websiteCheckedAt":21},"Lolzteam","Online Forum","Unknown","lolz.live"]