Patreon
Disclosed Sep 30, 201510 years ago2,300,000 affectedUnverified
Hackers dump 15GB of data on 2.3 million Patreon users
Patreon's CEO disclosed unauthorized access to its database, and a day later hackers released 15 gigabytes of data on 2.3 million users including usernames, email and shipping addresses. Patreon said no card numbers were taken.
What is known
| People affected | 2,300,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Happened | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Payment cards, Addresses, Dates of birth, Messages, Names |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Patreonhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Hackers Release Data of 2.3 Million Patreon Users - Newsweekweb.archive.org · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Sep 30, 2015 | 2,300,000 |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Oct 2, 2015 | 2,330,382 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Patreon to https://web.archive.org/web/2016/https://www.newsweek.com/hackers-patreon-data-breach-patreon-dump-patreon-breach-379512 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords","payment-card","addresses","dob","messages"] to ["emails","passwords","payment-card","addresses","dob","messages","names"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: hibp to organization · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records: 2330382 to 2300000 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2015-10-02 to 2015-09-30 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: 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 to Patreon's CEO disclosed unauthorized access to its database, and a day later hackers released 15 gigabytes of data on 2.3 million users including usernames, email and shipping addresses. Patreon said no card numbers were taken. · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Hackers dump 15GB of data on 2.3 million Patreon users · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.