GnosticPlayers

GnosticPlayers is a computer hacking group, who gained notability in 2019 for hacking Zynga[1][2] Canva,[3][4] and several other online services.[5][6]

The Independent reported that the GnosticPlayers had claimed responsibility for hacking other online businesses, and stealing hundreds of millions of credentials from web databases such as MyFitnessPal, Dubsmash, and fourteen others; and subsequently selling these credentials on the dark web.[7][8]

References
  1. "Zynga data breach exposed 200 million Words with Friends players". www.cbsnews.com.
  2. Hern, Alex (December 19, 2019). "170m passwords stolen in Zynga hack, monitor says" – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. says, Anon (May 28, 2019). "Millions of Canva users' data stolen as GnosticPlayers strikes again".
  4. "Canva data breach: Why hacker Gnosticplayers boasted to the media". June 3, 2019.
  5. Cimpanu, Catalin. "A hacker has dumped nearly one billion user records over the past two months". ZDNet.
  6. "Times when 'Gnosticplayers' hacker made headlines for selling troves of stolen data on dark web | Cyware Hacker News". cyware.com.
  7. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/dark-web-data-hackers-dubsmash-myfitnesspal-myheritage-cyber-security-a8775666.html
  8. "617 million hacked accounts put on sale on the dark web | Digit". www.digit.in.
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