Roblox Details

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    Roblox

    San Mateo, California • 1600 employees • Technology

    https://www.roblox.com/
    United States

    Industry

    Technology

    Security Incidents

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    Roblox Corporation is an American video game company that focuses on creating and maintaining a multiplayer online game platform named Roblox. Founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, the platform allows users to design their games and play games created by other users, offering a virtual environment for social interaction and creativity. Roblox officially launched in 2006 and has since seen significant growth, particularly among younger audiences, becoming one of the most popular online gaming platforms globally.

    Roblox is known for its user-generated content, where players can cre...
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    Security Incidents

    Roblox Breach of Jul 2024
    Severity Score
    Moderate to Significant

    Type

    3rd Party Compromise

    Summary

    Roblox recently announced a data breach affecting attendees of its 2022, 2023, and 2024 Roblox Developer Conference (RDC). The breach resulted from unauthorized access to FNTech's systems, the vendor responsible for conference registration. Compromised data includes full names, email addresses, and IP addresses of 10,386 participants, with 6,500 of those email addresses being newly exposed according to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). This breach follows an earlier 2021 incident where nearly 4,000 RDC attendees' data was exposed. While the immediate risk to developers is not flagged as significant, t...
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    Severity

    The recent data breach impacting Roblox Developer Conference attendees from 2022, 2023, and 2024 involved the exposure of full names, email addresses, and IP addresses of 10,386 individuals. Although the breach does not immediately endanger Roblox developers, it greatly increases the risk of targeted phishing attacks and other forms of social engineering. Given its moderate impact on sensitive personal information and its potential for exploitation, this incident can be considered of "Moderate to Significant" severity, rating it at 6 out of 10 on the severity scale.

    Impact

    Roblox experienced a data breach resulting from unauthorized access to FNTech's systems, the vendor responsible for handling registration for the 2022-2024 Roblox Developer Conferences. The compromised data included the full names, email addresses, and IP addresses of conference attendees, affecting 10,386 unique email addresses, of which 63% were newly exposed. No systems or services were reported offline, and there was no mention of internal company data or intellectual property being taken. While the stolen data does not pose an immediate risk, it heightens the potential for targeted phishi...
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