Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries moderate risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
- Employment-based social engineering using job and employer data
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In December 2022, attackers socially engineered an Activision HR employee into disclosing information which led to the breach of almost 20k employee records. The data contained 16k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, job titles and the office location of the employee. Activision advised that no sensitive employee information was included in the breach.
About Activision
Video game publisher.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 16K 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 December 2022, Activision experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 16K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, full name, geographic locations, job information:job title, phone number.
Approximately 16K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A public-facing individual
- A high-profile executive
- A customer of Activision
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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