MemeChat data breach: 4.3M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-10-29
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. The breach dates from Jun 1, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 29, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a MemeChat account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
Sources
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