Hackers dump data for 2.3M Patreon users online (opens in new tab)

(theverge.com)

1 pointswymy10y ago2 comments

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>Patreon revealed earlier this week that it had recently been hacked, compromising the email addresses, usernames, and shipping addresses of its users.

Were passwords not breached? Or is it just that they haven't publicly released the passwords from the breach?

21echoes10y ago

passwords were leaked, but were per-user salted & 12-round bcrypted, so there has not been a mass password breach. with significant computing power and weak enough passwords, obviously some passwords that are extensively targeted (say, a famous or infamous creator) will be compromised in the coming weeks & months. which, of course, is why the initial announcement suggested all users change their passwords as a precaution.

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sigmar10y ago

>Patreon revealed earlier this week that it had recently been hacked, compromising the email addresses, usernames, and shipping addresses of its users.

Were passwords not breached? Or is it just that they haven't publicly released the passwords from the breach?

21echoes10y ago

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