Kwame Opam, writing for The Verge:
The data was made available for anyone to download, and Troy Hunt, owner of haveibeenpwned.com, was able to extract the information and analyze the information in the file:
New breach: 2.3M email addresses from the Patreon breach. 12% were already in @haveibeenpwned http://t.co/U0QyHZxP6k
— Have I been pwned? (@haveibeenpwned) October 2, 2015So far, the hackers, who identify themselves in a README file in the dump as the #SuperExtremeShitpostingTeam, haven’t expressed any motive for the hack other than doing it for the lulz.
Oh well, as long as it’s for the lulz.