Substack data breach exposed users’ emails and phone numbers

Published: (February 5, 2026 at 05:55 AM EST)
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Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

Substack data breach details

Substack is notifying some users that the email addresses and phone numbers linked to their accounts were exposed in a “security incident” last year. In an email to account holders, Substack CEO Chris Best said that a hacker had accessed internal data without authorization in October 2025, but that …

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