Troy Hunt's Mailchimp List
What Happened
In March 2025, a phishing attack successfully gained access to Troy Hunt's Mailchimp account and automatically exported a list of people who had subscribed to the newsletter for his personal blog. The exported list contained 16k email addresses and other data automatically collected by Mailchimp including IP address and a derived latitude, longitude and time zone.
Compromised Data
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Breach Overview
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Affected Accounts:
16.6 thousand
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Breach Occurred:
March 2025
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Added to HIBP:
25 Mar 2025
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