Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
6.0M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
5
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
xat

Breach History

xat
Nov 2015Critical
6M
Records exposed
5
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In November 2015, the online chatroom known as "xat" was hacked and 6 million user accounts were exposed. Used as a chat engine on websites, the leaked data included usernames, email and IP addresses along with hashed passwords.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk