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Clash of Clans maker Supercell hacked; 1 million forum accounts compromised

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Clash of Clans maker Supercell disclosed today that accounts on Supercell’s community forum have been hacked. Third-party sources say more than 1 million accounts were compromised.

The company said in an official statement that the breach happened in September 2016, and that the site’s forums were affected. No game accounts were affected. Supercell makes the hit games Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Clash Royale, and Boom Beach.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.