XSplit 2013 Data Breach

XSplit 2013 Data Breach

Streaming / Streaming

XSplit 2013 Data Breach

A gaming live streaming and recording software.

Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
8/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Lower: limited current risk based on data value and recency.
Data Sensitivity i
Standard
Exposed data is largely lower-sensitivity. Standard identity-protection precautions are advised.
3.0MRecords
2013Year

The Breach Risk Index (BRI) is a proprietary 0–100 score rating how dangerous a breach is right now, based on how recently the data has been circulating on the dark web and how valuable it is to attackers.

Classification Tags
Cloud MisconfigurationStreamingUsers2013

Breach Summary

In November 2013, the makers of gaming live streaming and recording software XSplit was compromised in an online attack. The data breach leaked almost 3M names, email addresses, usernames and hashed passwords.;What happened in the XSplit, Breach? November 30th 2024, 7:00 pm EST, In November 2013, XSplit, a gaming live streaming and recording software, experienced a data breach that exposed user information.

Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.

10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine

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3.0M records analyzed

About XSplit

XSplit is a gaming live streaming and recording software.

Why They Hold Your Data

XSplit is a gaming live streaming and recording software. Services like this typically hold email addresses, names, passwords, usernames through account registration and normal operations.

Recent Developments

The XSplit dataset circulated publicly; treat as part of the standing exposure landscape.

Data Points Exposed

4 verified field types
Email Address
Full Name
Password High
Username

Breach Impact

The exposure of credentials alongside personal data heightened account-takeover and reuse risk for XSplit users and drew scrutiny of its data protection.

Exploitation & Downstream Threats

• Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms | • Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses

Principal Risk Advisory

What this means for a principal

A consumer-service breach: contact and account data supports phishing, account takeover and profile enrichment. For a high-profile principal the main risk is credible impersonation and enrichment of existing exposure.

What You Should Do

  1. Reset any reused passwords and enable MFA on email first, then financial accounts.
  2. Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.

How ObscureIQ Can Help

  1. Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
  2. Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
  3. ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).

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