Breaches and incidents
Scribd, Inc.: unauthorized third party accesses systems and user account information
Scribd’s notice says “We recently discovered that an unauthorized third party was able to gain access to our systems”.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Checked against a primary source
What happened
- Scribd’s notice says “We recently discovered that an unauthorized third party was able to gain access to our systems”; “For most accounts, this involved basic account information” and “For a smaller number of accounts, more sensitive information was involved”; the number of affected accounts was not stated.
- Root cause: not described beyond “We identified and closed the vulnerability.”
- No attacker named.
- Scribd shut down the access, engaged outside forensic experts, notified law enforcement and data protection authorities, advised password resets for Scribd, Slideshare, Everand and Fable accounts, and is sending phased notices via Epiq; the notice was last updated 1 Oct 2026 and its first publication date is not shown.