Kaneva

Kaneva, LLC
Company typeCorporation
IndustryVideo games
Founded2004
FounderChristopher Klaus
SuccessorKava, LLC
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Key people
Christopher Klaus
(Founder/CEO)
Greg Frame
(Co-founder/CGO)[1]
ProductsKaneva
Websitewww.kaneva.com

Kaneva, LLC is a privately owned American video game company based in Atlanta, Georgia and founded in 2004 by Christopher Klaus and Greg Frame. Kaneva was a 3D virtual world that supported 2D web browsing, social networking and shared media.

In 2004, Kaneva worked with Georgia's Department of Economic Development to draft a new law that would promote video game development in Georgia. It passed in 2004.[2]

On 1 July 2016, Kaneva's website suffered a data breach that exposed 3.9 million user records. The breach was reported on December 9, 2023. The data included email addresses, usernames, dates of birth and salted MD5 password hashes.[3][4]

On 14 November 2016, Kaneva's online world was shut down, with its "2d" social networking site closely following.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Kaneva website - "Leadership"". Kaneva. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  2. ^ Jana, Reena; McConnon, Aili (April 13, 2007). "Digital Suburbia". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  3. ^ "Have I Been Pwned: Pwned websites". Have I Been Pwned?. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ Petkauskas, Vilius. "Mother of All Breaches: a Historic Data Leak Reveals 26 Billion Records | Cybernews". Cybernews. Retrieved 22 April 2024.