r/pwned
47k members
r/pwned is a subreddit with 47k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses hack, data breach, breach, ransomware, and cyberattack.
Discussing news of recent breaches, leaked/stolen data, and other examples of pwnage affecting the confidentiality or integrity of data.
Popular Themes in r/pwned
#1
News
: "70TB of Parler users' data leaked by "security researchers""
154 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "McDonald's customers frustrated as 'Hamburglar' hacks more app accounts, ordering meals with owners' money"
7 posts
Popular Topics in r/pwned
#1
Hack
: "GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach"
82 posts
#2
Data Breach
: "T-Mobile discloses its fourth Data Breach in three years"
78 posts
#3
Breach
: "GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year Breach"
66 posts
#4
Ransomware
: "German tech giant "Software AG" offline after Ransomware gang demands $20 million - employee passport and ID scans, employee emails, financial documents leaked"
63 posts
#5
Cyberattack
: "Brazilian electric utility company COPEL hit by Cyberattack; >1TB private data exfiltrated"
35 posts
#6
Account
: "Nintendo now says that the Accounts of 300,000 Switch users have been hacked"
33 posts
#7
Data
: "Community collaboration platform Rallyhood exposed a decade of users' private Data due to open and exposed AWS storage. 4.1TB of Data from groups such as Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, Habitat for Humanities, and YMCA were accessible without a password"
29 posts
#8
Hacking
: "US Defense Information Systems Agency (DoD information security) breached; personal data of 200,000 people compromised"
22 posts
#9
Security
: "US Defense Information Systems Agency (DoD information Security) breached; personal data of 200,000 people compromised"
20 posts
#10
Leak
: "70TB of Parler users' data Leaked by "security researchers""
16 posts
Flair Used in r/pwned
#1
Technology
: "70TB of Parler users' data leaked by "security researchers""
34 posts
#2
Healthcare
: ""4 people died tonight due to waiting on [lab] results" - 400 US hospitals hit by reported nation-wide Ryuk ransomware attack on UHS Universal Health Services systems"
15 posts
#3
Government
: "US tax agency IRS unintentionally posted private data on ~120,000 taxpayers to its website"
11 posts
#4
Finance
: "Geico data breach exposed customers' driver's license numbers"
9 posts
#5
Public Services
: "Ransomware disables Georgia county election database"
7 posts
#6
Education
: "Colorado city of Denver Public Schools hit by data breach; includes employee fingerprints, bank account numbers, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, student ID numbers, more"
7 posts
#7
Retail
: "Staples discloses data breach exposing customer info"
5 posts
#8
Telecom
: "37 million accounts hacked in latest T-Mobile data breach - second in less than two years"
4 posts
#9
Automotive
: "Honda employees report massive ransomware hack on corporate network."
3 posts
#10
Telecommunications
: "T-Mobile discloses its fourth data breach in three years"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/pwned
Yearly
+1k members(2.2%)
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Last updated: June 5, 2026