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
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In October 2015, the anabolic steroids retailer NapsGear suffered a data breach. An extensive amount of personal information on 287k customers was exposed including email addresses, names, addresses, phone numbers, purchase histories and salted MD5 password hashes.
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About NapsGear
NapsGear is an organization whose data was exposed in this breach. The dataset has been verified by ObscureIQ intelligence and indexed across breach notification platforms.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 287K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In October 2015, NapsGear experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 287K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as date of birth, email address, full name, gender, password.
Approximately 287K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A customer of NapsGear
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