xat data breach
The xat breach happened on November 4, 2015 and exposed 5,968,783 accounts. 5 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- xat.com
- Breach date
- November 4, 2015
- Recorded on
- August 5, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 5,968,783
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 69 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 69 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, IP addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- InterPals (2015-11-04, 3,439,414 accounts)
- vBulletin (2015-11-03, 518,966 accounts)
- R2Games (2015-11-01, 22,281,337 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your xat password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of August 30, 2016. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.