Crunchbase confirms hack amid claims of 2 million records leaked
Crunchbase confirmed a hack and data breach. ShinyHunters was identified as the attacker, and 2 million records were put forward for distribution. The specific timing of the breach and follow-up response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Crunchbase
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 2 million records put forward for distribution
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Crunchbase confirmed a data breach following hacking claims.
- ShinyHunters' hack of Crunchbase and claims of distributing 2 million records became known.
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