iMesh 2013 Data Breach
The iMesh 2013 data breach involved exposed account data from the now-defunct media and file-sharing service. A verified breach record places the event in September 2013 and reports 49,467,477 affected accounts.
Exposed Data Types
4- Email addresses
- IP addresses
- Passwords
- Usernames
About This Breach
Independent reporting in 2016 estimated more than 51 million accounts in the dataset offered for sale; because the sources do not explain the methodology or scope difference, the figures are not combined and the verified index's more conservative count is used.
The data was reported for sale on a dark-web market in mid-2016. A company representative said at the time that he was not aware of a breach; the event was later added to a verified breach record. Public sources do not publish the exact initial access method or a confirmed actor identity, so those details are left unresolved.
What information was present?
Confirmed fields are email addresses, IP addresses, usernames, and password hashes in salted MD5 form. A hash is not a plaintext password, but MD5 is weak by current password-storage standards and short or common passwords may be guessed. The sources do not list payment cards, phone numbers, physical addresses, government identification, or health information for this event.
Safe next steps and archive link
If the iMesh password used in 2013, or a similar one, was reused on another active account, create a unique password there and enable multifactor authentication. Accounts using the same email address can be reviewed for unfamiliar sessions, recovery addresses, and forwarding rules. Password-reset, copyright, or account-closure messages claiming to represent the former iMesh service should not be assumed trustworthy. Because imesh.com no longer resolves in DNS, the company link points to a verified Wayback Machine archive.
Verification and editorial method
LeakData compares the incident name, date, affected-record count, and exposed data types with accessible sources. Unverified fields are not presented as facts, and records are updated when new evidence becomes available.
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