Minted Data Breach

What happened?

In May 2020, the online marketplace for independent artists Minted suffered a data breach that exposed 4.4M unique customer records subsequently sold on a dark web marketplace. Exposed data also included names, physical addresses, phone numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is May 6, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on November 3, 2020 and last updated there on November 3, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Minted or used minted.com around May 6, 2020. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.