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Breach occurred 2015-11-04Verifiedxat.com
What happened
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The xat data breach occurred on November 4, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on August 5, 2016.
5,968,783 accounts were affected by the xat data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The xat breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the xat breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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