Armor Games 2019 Data Breach

Armor Games Browser Game Platform Breach (2019): 11 Million Player Accounts Including DOB & Passwords Exposed

Platform · Online browser-based games · Web gaming distribution platform · Global

Armor Games Browser Game Platform Breach (2019): 11 Million Player Accounts Including DOB & Passwords Exposed

Online browser game platform.

Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
34/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Moderate: notable exposure with meaningful misuse potential.
Data Sensitivity i
Standard
Exposed data is largely lower-sensitivity. Standard identity-protection precautions are advised.
11.0MRecords
2019Year

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Classification Tags
GamingVideo GamesUsers2019

Breach Summary

In January 2019, browser-game portal Armor Games (armorgames.com) suffered a data breach exposing ~10.6-11 million accounts, part of a larger batch affecting ~16 companies. Exposed data included email and IP addresses, usernames, gender, geographic location, profile bios, salted SHA-1 password hashes, and birthdays for administrator accounts. Armor Games disclosed the breach and reset passwords; some users later received extortion emails. (Distinct from the separate, misattributed 2014 "Coupon Mom / Armor Games" file.)

Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.

10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine

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11.0M records analyzed

About Armor Games

Armor Games (armorgames.com) is a popular browser/flash game portal hosting thousands of casual and indie games with player accounts.

Why They Hold Your Data

Browser-game distribution platforms collect user accounts, emails, usernames, passwords, gameplay activity, and community records tied to casual online gaming.

Recent Developments

In January 2019, Armor Games suffered a data breach (~10.6 million accounts) that was part of a larger set of breaches affecting ~16 companies. It exposed emails, IP addresses, usernames, profile data, and salted SHA-1 passwords (birthdays were exposed for administrator accounts). Armor Games issued a data-breach notice and reset passwords.

Data Points Exposed

8 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Gender
Geographic location
IP Address
Password High
Profile Bio
Username

Breach Impact

The exposure of emails, usernames, IP addresses, gender/geographic/bio profile data, and salted SHA-1 passwords for ~11 million players enables credential-stuffing, account-takeover, and targeted phishing (some victims reported extortion emails). Administrator birthdays add limited targeting risk for staff.

Exploitation & Downstream Threats

• Credential stuffing and account takeover against reused passwords (salted SHA-1) | • Targeted phishing and extortion emails using exposed data | • Profile/identity enrichment via gender, geo, and bio | • Staff-targeting using administrator birthdays

Principal Risk Advisory

What this means for a principal

A consumer-service breach: contact and account data supports phishing, account takeover and profile enrichment. For a high-profile principal the main risk is credible impersonation and enrichment of existing exposure.

What You Should Do

  1. Reset any reused passwords and enable MFA on email first, then financial accounts.
  2. Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.

How ObscureIQ Can Help

  1. Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
  2. Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
  3. ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).

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