Prıv VIP, Armor Games and others fall victim of data leaks.
01 August 2021BREACHAWARE HQ
A total of 24 breach events
were found and analysed resulting in 37,611,960 exposed accounts
containing a total of 14 different data types of personal datum
. The breaches found publicly and freely available included Prıv VIP (Anonymous), Armor Games, Chatbooks, Yingjie Sheng and FaucetHub. Sign in to view the full
library of breach events which includes, where available, reference articles relating to
each breach.
Categories of Personal Data Discovered
Contact Data, Technical Data, Socia-Demographic Data, Locational Data, Documentary Data, Financial Data, Transactional Data.
Data Breach Analysis
This particular breach set spans a wide spectrum of digital service categories, from entertainment and photography to financial services and anonymous data collections. The large number of data types exposed suggests not only varied platform use but also rich user profiling potential for attackers.Priv VIP (Anonymous) appears to be an anonymous or pseudonymous data source, potentially tied to exclusive or private user communities. While attribution is unclear, the inclusion in this dataset implies real user credentials or PII, and anonymity here may signal deliberate concealment of the origin due to sensitive or illicit data.
Armor Games, a well-known online gaming site, likely exposed user account information. Gaming platforms are frequently targeted due to high account reuse rates and low detection when accounts are compromised. Breached data from such platforms often ends up sold in bulk or used for credential stuffing against higher-value targets.
Chatbooks, a photo book and printing service, represents the crossover between social activity and commercial transactions. Even if credit card data is not involved, a user’s location and photo printing habits offer attackers personal context that can enhance phishing attempts or identity fraud.
Yingjie Sheng appears to reference a Chinese entity or dataset. Whether from an educational platform, government service, or commercial database, this may indicate region-specific data exposure, which carries both localised and broader international risk. Exposure from Chinese platforms often involves academic, demographic, or mobile app-based personal data.
FaucetHub was a micropayment platform for cryptocurrency rewards (often tied to Bitcoin faucets). A breach from this platform can be valuable for deanonymisation efforts in crypto ecosystems, or for targeting users with crypto-themed phishing and scam campaigns.
With 14 different data types identified in this breach set, the scope of personal information exposed is significant. This variety increases the utility of the dataset for attackers, who can build more complete user profiles.
While no single platform in this list may be considered high-risk on its own, the aggregated nature of the breach set, and the diversity of the platforms, makes the data extremely valuable when used in combination. This is especially true when attackers leverage multiple low-value platforms to triangulate more sensitive user information or exploit account reuse.
Users affected by this breach set are advised to change passwords immediately (especially if reused across accounts), enable multi-factor authentication where available, and watch for targeted phishing attempts that could exploit specific knowledge such as recent photo uploads, game activity, or crypto involvement.