The Red Dragon Inn Breach Exposed 3,557 US Gamer Accounts

HEROIC analysts identified a resurfaced 2016 database breach tied to The Red Dragon Inn, a US-based tabletop card game community, exposing 3,557 accounts. The breach originally occurred on March 29, 2016, and includes email addresses and passwords hashed with the SHA-1 algorithm.

Why the Red Dragon Inn Breach Is Dangerous

SHA-1 hashing has known weaknesses that make cracking a portion of these passwords realistic for anyone motivated to try, especially with nearly a decade of computing advances since the original breach. For the 3,557 people affected, that means the password tied to their Red Dragon Inn account may already be recoverable, and if it was reused anywhere else, that other account is exposed too.

What Was Exposed in the Red Dragon Inn Breach

• Email addresses
• Passwords (SHA-1 hashed)

Why This Breach Matters

Niche gaming communities in the United States are often assumed to be low value targets, but the accounts registered on them belong to real people who frequently reuse passwords across email, shopping, and social accounts. Attackers routinely test old breach data like this against many other services through credential stuffing, meaning a small tabletop gaming site breach from 2016 can still lead to account takeover or fraud on completely unrelated platforms today.

How This Database Breach Happened

This incident is classified as a database breach, meaning an attacker gained direct access to The Red Dragon Inn's stored user records, most likely through a vulnerability in the site's platform. Rather than fading away, breaches like this get repackaged and resold on breach forums for years, which is how a 2016 US gaming community leak is still being traded and used today.

Check If You Are Affected

If you ever had an account with The Red Dragon Inn, it's worth checking whether your email and password were part of this breach. HEROIC's free breach scanner checks your email against more than 400 billion leaked records, including this one, so you can find out immediately and secure any accounts that need it.