Windows93 / Myspace93 data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2021 breach of Windows93 / Myspace93. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Windows93 / Myspace93 data breach exposed 46,105 accounts from windows93.net in January 2021. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, email addresses and IP addresses.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 21 May 2026, 5 years later. It is the 599th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Windows93 / Myspace93’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| IP addresses | Roughly where you were when you used the service. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Windows93 / Myspace93 among them, without showing the data.
- Change your Windows93 / Myspace93 password.If the account still exists, sign in at Windows93 / Myspace93 (windows93.net) and change it.
- Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
- Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
- Distrust messages that mention Windows93 / Myspace93.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 5 years later.
Breaches often stay hidden for a long time. Until it came out, people in it had no reason to change anything.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Daily Quiz, January 2021, 8 million accounts
- DatPiff, August 2021, 7.5 million accounts
- Open Subtitles, August 2021, 6.8 million accounts
- IDC Games, March 2021, 4 million accounts
- MangaDex, March 2021, 3 million accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Windows93 / Myspace93”, Have I Been Pwned, added 21 May 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- windows93.net, Windows93 / Myspace93’s website