Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In June 2015, Minefield experienced a data exposure due to a security misconfiguration, resulting in approximately 183K records containing activity history, date of birth, email address, ip address, password, username.
The presence of password data in the breach increases the risk of credential stuffing attacks on other services.
The incident has been cataloged by both Have I Been Pwned and DataBreach.com. ObscureIQ has independently verified and classified this breach as part of its ongoing threat intelligence operations.
About Minefield
Minefield is an organization. Approximately 183K records associated with this organization were exposed in the breach. The breach dataset includes authentication credentials, indicating the organization maintained user accounts with login functionality.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 183K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Recommended Actions
⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In June 2015, Minefield experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 183K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as activity history:website activity, date of birth, email address, ip address, password.
Approximately 183K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A customer of Minefield
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