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MemeChat Data Breach

memechat.app
Significant exposure
Verified breach
Accounts exposed 4,348,570
Breach date 01 Jun 2022
Added to tracker 29 Oct 2023
Data classes 2

What happened

In mid-2022, "the ultimate hub of memes" MemeChat suffered a data breach that exposed 7.4M records. Alleged to be due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch instance, the data contained 4.3M unique email addresses alongside usernames.

Exposed data

Email addresses Usernames

Recommended actions

  • Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing MemeChat โ€” attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
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