[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f6sfr3mgjec0a":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"modifiedDate":13,"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":26,"seoTitle":27,"seoTitleEn":28,"seoDescription":27,"seoDescriptionEn":29,"logoUrl":30,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":31,"isSpamList":31,"isMalware":31,"company":32},"68e3266eda11adda488252ac","MindJolt","MindJolt 2019 Data Breach","mindjolt","mindjolt.com","2019-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","2019-07-13T19:21:12.000Z","2026-07-29T11:40:53.262Z","Verified breach record","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.zdnet.com\u002Farticle\u002Fa-hacker-has-dumped-nearly-one-billion-user-records-over-the-past-two-months\u002F",[15],28364826,"known",null,"unknown","Critical",[23,24,25],"Dates of birth","Email addresses","Names","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The MindJolt data breach\u003C\u002Fstrong> is a verified event associated with the online gaming platform and dated March 18, 2019. The canonical scope contains 28,364,826 unique email addresses. The verified data classes are dates of birth, email addresses, and names. This event has no password class, an important limit for assessing user risk correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gaming services often hold an email address, a name, and a date of birth in membership or age-verification context. Seeing these details together can make personalized fraud more convincing. A match means that an email address falls within the verified scope. It does not prove that a password was exposed, that every profile field was seen, or that a current gaming account was accessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Exposed Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The verified data types are dates of birth, email addresses, and names. An email address can be a contact and account-recovery point, while a name and birth date can make it easier to connect separate public profiles to the same person. Together, these three fields can help produce targeted messages that appear to concern a game reward, age verification, account support, or membership notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A birth date is a persistent identity detail and can be reused in long-running targeting attempts. Its presence does not mean an identity document, physical address, or phone number was also seen. Data classes describe the type of personal risk, but they do not guarantee that every match contains every field.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The absence of a password class means that this event should not be treated as a direct password exposure. Even so, an email address combined with a name and birth date can be paired with details from older events to make password-reset or authentication messages appear credible. The risk comes less from any one field than from the personal context the fields create together.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Limits\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The canonical date on this page is March 18, 2019, and the record count is 28,364,826. The figure represents a verified email scope; it is not a total of every platform member, active player, or a country's gaming community. A record total should not be treated as a count of individual people because one person may have multiple memberships or email addresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>MindJolt is classified as an online gaming service. The event is associated with that service and does not automatically include other game sites, publishers, or social platforms. An email address appearing in another event does not expand this event's data types or scope. A match is not proof that a specific game, in-game purchase, or friend list was obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The verified fields do not establish an intrusion method, payment-card information, session tokens, phone numbers, or passwords. Such details must not be stated as facts without reliable evidence. The date identifies the period associated with the event; alone, it does not show a person's last sign-in, when data first appeared online, or the current state of an account.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Users at Elevated Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>People using the same email address across games, social networks, and email accounts should take extra care. An attacker may send an apparent reward or verification message for a game while assuming that the same mailbox is used for other accounts. A message that includes a name or birth date does not prove that its sender is genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People whose birth date and real name are visible in a profile or on social media may have left more context. They should be wary of messages themed around age verification, child accounts, parental consent, or birthday rewards. The record does not contain phone numbers or physical addresses, so it would be inaccurate to claim detailed offline targeting for every person.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People who no longer use old game accounts are not entirely separate from the risk. The email address registered to an older membership may still be a recovery point for another service. Review account-recovery settings, unfamiliar sessions, and forwarding rules in older mailboxes at regular intervals.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Immediate Protective Actions\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>First, confirm that the email-account password is unique and that multi-factor authentication is enabled. Because this event has no password class, a match alone should not lead to an assumption that every password was exposed. The email account is still a recovery point for other services, so its security deserves prompt review.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Review unexpected emails and text messages presented as MindJolt, game support, or a game reward carefully. Before opening a link, inspect the sender domain, requested action, and actual sign-in address separately. To confirm a suspicious alert, go directly to the known official address of the service instead of using the link in the message.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Remove access when account settings show an unfamiliar device, session, recovery email address, or connected application. Keep security alerts enabled on important accounts that use the same email address. When suspicious activity appears, use the official support channel of the relevant service and never provide one-time codes, passwords, or identity documents to an unsolicited sender.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Practices\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Using a long, unique password for every service limits the later impact of old gaming exposures. A password manager can help keep distinct strong passwords. Where multi-factor authentication is available, an authenticator application or hardware key is preferable. Text-message codes add protection, but they are not a complete defense against personalized fraud.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Review gaming and social-profile privacy on a regular basis. Share public details such as a birth date, real name, friend list, or game achievements only when needed. Reducing use of the same username and profile detail across different communities makes correlation among public information harder. Removing unneeded personal details from old accounts provides lasting benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Keep account-recovery information current. Secondary email addresses, phone numbers, connected devices, and sessions need periodic review. Act promptly when an unknown sign-in, forwarding rule, or security-setting change appears. These routine checks are useful not only for people matched with MindJolt, but for every online membership.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Check and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Use the record check on this page to see whether your email address matches the MindJolt event. A match indicates that the address falls within the verified scope; it does not prove that a password was seen, that every data type appeared in your row, or that a current account was compromised. Treat the result as a personal risk signal for email security and unexpected contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If there is no match, it can still help to review older email addresses, alternate registrations, and game accounts that are no longer used. No match is not a guarantee that no personal data exists elsewhere online. Unique passwords, multi-factor authentication, routine account review, and independent confirmation of suspicious messages remain the most reliable defense.\u003C\u002Fp>","","MindJolt 2019 Data Breach (28.4 Million Reported Records)","MindJolt 2019 Data Breach. 28.4 Million reported records were reported. Reported data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names. 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