31 pointsby witnessme3 hours ago3 comments
  • dickiedycean hour ago
    Ooopsie... possibly a problem for some folks: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-s...
    • versavolt6 minutes ago
      Don’t “folks” me. I don’t give a darn.
  • witnessme3 hours ago
    I am still confused for days whether this is a real news or a hoax. Only a substack user saying they received this email. I did not. And there is no official statement by Substack. What is really going on here?
    • parable2 hours ago
      I've seen the leaked data posted on forums. I'm assuming they're trying to minimize the bad PR from this incident by only doing what's legally required, which is to notify affected users. They're likely not obligated to notify the broader public. Whether they should be obligated to do so is another discussion entirely.
      • meitham28 minutes ago
        Could you please tell me which forum this was posted on
  • slopusila2 hours ago
    > including email addresses, phone numbers, and other unspecified “internal metadata.”

    > Substack specified that more sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, passwords, and other financial information, was unaffected.

    I hate it when companies do this.

    passwords and credit card numbers are easily changed.

    names, emails and phone numbers are not.

    • parable2 hours ago
      This is what I've been saying for years. I really could care less if my passwords were leaked. My phone number, on the other hand, is near-impossible to change. The fact that VoIP/virtual numbers are blacklisted from use almost everywhere doesn't help anything, because otherwise I would just use a ton of cheap rented numbers.

      The same goes for full names on file, physical addresses, and other hard-to-change information. Passwords have been the least of my concerns since password managers were invented.

      You could, in theory, use a custom domain or email aliasing service like SimpleLogin or Addy to combat the email address issue, though websites like GitHub have been known to block emails created with an aliasing service. I could go on about why that move does next to nothing to combat actual abuse; any spammer worth their salt can just buy a bunch of Gmail accounts or Outlook accounts instead.

      • hikkerlan hour ago
        >I really could care less if my passwords were leaked

        couldn't*

    • praptak15 minutes ago
      Phone numbers are kinda concerning given their popularity as 2FA. A phone number is now basically your shared password for everything. It's also semi public, hard to change and you are basically one SIM swap attack away from a full compromise.