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Breach occurred 2015-10-01Verifiedpatreon.com
What happened
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Patreon data breach occurred on October 1, 2015. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 2, 2015.
2,330,382 accounts were affected by the Patreon data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Patreon breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Payment histories, Physical addresses, Private messages, Website activity.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Patreon breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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