The Ceebgo Leak: 10,641 Passwords Exposed. Yours Might Be One.

HEROIC analysts detected the Ceebgo breach while monitoring underground forums tracking gaming platform exposures. In August 2020, this Iceland-based CS:GO and Dota 2 skin marketplace had 10,641 user records leaked, including email addresses, phone numbers, password hashes, and usernames. The data surfaced on dark web forums and beleive to have been used in credential stuffing runs targeting other gaming services.

How Exposed Phone Numbers and Emails Enable Account Takeover

With both a phone number and email address in hand, attackers can bypass two-factor authentication through SIM-swapping or phishing. Gaming accounts linked to real-money skin inventories are partcularly high-value targets, and a combined email-plus-phone exposure makes those accounts far easier to compromise than credentials alone.

What Was Exposed in the Ceebgo Breach

• Email Address
• Phone Number
• Password Hash
• Username

Why the Ceebgo Gaming Marketplace Breach Carries Lasting Risk

Third-party gaming marketplaces rarely recieve the same security scrutiny as major platforms, yet they collect the same caliber of personal data. Credentials exposed from Ceebgo can be recycled into attacks against Steam, Epic Games, or any other service where users reused the same email and password combination, extending the blast radius far beyond a single site.

How Database Breaches Work

In a database breach, attackers gain unauthorized access to a platform's backend database, typically through SQL injection, misconfigured storage, or compromised admin credentials. They extract user tables containing account details and then distribute or sell the data on dark web markets and Telegram channels.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

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