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xat data breach (2015)

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.

Victim
xat
records
6.0M
SectorTechnology

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2015-11-04, xat was affected by a data breach. Approximately 5,968,783 accounts were exposed. 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.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#xat
  2. xat.comhttps://xat.com

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