xat Data Breach

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.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your xat password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing xat — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.