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Mecho Download

Disclosed Aug 2, 2022437,928 accountsUnverified

In October 2013, the (now defunct) downloads website "Mecho Download" suffered a data breach that exposed 438k records. Data from the vBulletin based website included email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.

What is known

People affected437,928 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedAug 2, 2022
HappenedOct 31, 2013
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmailsIP addressesPasswords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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