Chess.com (2023) data breach
In November 2023, Chess.com (2023) suffered a data breach that exposed email addresses, geographic locations, names, and usernames. The breach affected 1,274,077 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- November 8, 2023
- Added to this tracker
- November 10, 2023
- Accounts affected
- 1,274,077
- Company domain
- chess.com
- Data exposed
- Email addresses, geographic locations, names, and usernames
Was my information in the Chess.com (2023) breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Chess.com (2023) before November 2023, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the Chess.com (2023) breach, the exposed data was email addresses, geographic locations, names, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Chess.com (2023) right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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