Artists&Clients data breach: 95K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-10-04
In August 2025, the "marketplace that connects artists to prospective clients" Artists&Clients, suffered a data breach and subsequent ransom demand of US$50k. The data was subsequently leaked publicly and included 95k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and bcrypt password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Aug 31, 2025; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 4, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a Artists&Clients account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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