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Hackers Dump Data for 2.3 Million Patreon Users Online

The breach snagged email addresses, usernames and shipping addresses.

By K.Ananse
The Verge

Crowdfunding site Patreon revealed earlier this week that it had recently been hacked, compromising the email addresses, usernames and shipping addresses of its users. Since then, the hackers have dumped the data online, revealing the personal information of about 2.3 million users in the process.

The data was made available for anyone to download.

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