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XSplit data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the November 2013 breach of XSplit. For every breach, see Breaches.

The XSplit data breach exposed 2,983,472 accounts from xsplit.com in November 2013. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, names and email addresses.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 8 Aug 2015, 21 months later. It is the 265th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

XSplit’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PasswordsCriminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them.
UsernamesHalf of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.

What to do

  1. Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, XSplit among them, without showing the data.
  2. Change your XSplit password.If the account still exists, sign in at XSplit (xsplit.com) and change it.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Distrust messages that mention XSplit.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, 21 months 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:

  • Neopets, May 2013, 27 million accounts
  • Vodafone, November 2013, 56,021 accounts
  • BookCrossing, November 2012, 1.6 million accounts
  • Sony, June 2011, 37,103 accounts
  • Yam, June 2013, 13 million accounts
  • StreetEasy, June 2016, 988,230 accounts

See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “XSplit”, Have I Been Pwned, added 8 Aug 2015. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.