Adobe
Disclosed Oct 3, 201312 years ago38,000,000 affectedConfirmed
Attackers steal Adobe source code and data on 38 million active users
Adobe disclosed attacks that took customer IDs, encrypted passwords and data on 2.9 million customers including encrypted card numbers, plus source code; it later said about 38 million active users were affected, while a leaked file held about 152 million records.
What is known
| People affected | 38,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 3, 2013 |
| Happened | Oct 4, 2013 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Names, Payment cards, Source code |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Adobehaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Important Customer Security Announcementblog.adobe.com · The organization | The organization |
| Adobe hack: At least 38 million accounts breachedbbc.co.uk · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Oct 3, 2013 | 38,000,000 |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Dec 4, 2013 | 152,445,165 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to company · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Adobe to https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2013/10/03/important-customer-security-announcement · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · status: disclosed to confirmed · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · verified_by: empty to research · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · verified: 0 to 1 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords"] to ["emails","passwords","names","payment-card","source-code"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: hibp to organization · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records: 152445165 to 38000000 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2013-12-04 to 2013-10-03 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In October 2013, 153 million Adobe accounts were breached with each containing an internal ID, username, email, encrypted password and a password hint in plain text. The password cryptography was poorly done and many were quickly resolved b to Adobe disclosed attacks that took customer IDs, encrypted passwords and data on 2.9 million customers including encrypted card numbers, plus source code; it later said about 38 million active users were affected, while a leaked file held ab · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Attackers steal Adobe source code and data on 38 million active users · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.