P
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Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
2.3M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
Patreon

Breach History

Patreon
Oct 2015Critical
2.3M
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In October 2015, the crowdfunding site Patreon was hacked and over 16GB of data was released publicly. The dump included almost 14GB of database records with more than 2.3M unique email addresses, millions of personal messages and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesPasswordsPayment historiesPhysical addressesPrivate messagesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Payment historiesLow risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
Private messagesLow risk
Website activityLow risk