Warframe 2014 Data Breach
Product · Online multiplayer video game · Free-to-play gaming platform · Global
Warframe Free-to-Play Game Forum Breach (2014): 820K Player Community Accounts Exposed via SQL Injection
Online multiplayer action game.
Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
8/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Lower: limited current risk based on data value and recency.
Data Sensitivity i
StandardExposed data is largely lower-sensitivity. Standard identity-protection precautions are advised.
820KRecords
2014Year
The Breach Risk Index (BRI) is a proprietary 0–100 score rating how dangerous a breach is right now, based on how recently the data has been circulating on the dark web and how valuable it is to attackers.
Breach Summary
In November 2014, the online game Warframe was hacked, allegedly via a SQL-injection flaw in Drupal, exposing about 819,000 unique email addresses along with usernames and website activity. The dataset contained a salted-SHA512 "pass" column; developer Digital Extremes stated these were hashes of alias names rather than account passwords.
Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.
9 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine
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820K records analyzed
About Warframe
Warframe is an online free-to-play action game developed by Digital Extremes.
Why They Hold Your Data
Online multiplayer game platforms collect player accounts, emails, device data, purchase history, gameplay activity, and community relationships across live-service gaming operations.
Data Points Exposed
3 verified field types
Activity History
Email Address
Username
Breach Impact
Primary exposure is email/username/activity; the disputed hash column limits credential risk if it is not actually passwords.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
• Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
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
- Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.
How ObscureIQ Can Help
- Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
- Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
- ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).
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