ConfirmedData breach

Substack: a data breach

In October 2025, the publishing platform Substack suffered a data breach that was subsequently circulated more widely in February 2026. The breach exposed 663k account holder records containing email addresses along with publicly visible profile information from Substack accounts, such as publication names and bios. A subset of records also included phone numbers.

The record

Organisation
Substack
Identity
Substackidentified by its domain in a verified breach record
Records affected
663,121 records
Data exposed
Email addresses, Phone numbers
Sector
Not recorded
Occurred
2025-10-23
Disclosed
2026-02-06
First recorded here
2026-09-09

Sources (1)

One source so far.

  1. Have I Been PwnedFirst reported

    2026-02-06

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