# Crunchyroll Data Breach

> Crunchyroll suffered a data breach in March 2026 affecting approximately 1.2 million email addresses, with additional personal information exposed from the company's Zendesk support system.

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Last modified: 2026-05-03T21:56:41.804Z

## Key Facts

- Company: Crunchyroll
- Company domain: crunchyroll.com
- Reported by Breached: 2026-05-01
- Breach date: 2026-03-12
- People affected: 1.2M
- Severity: high
- Exposed data types: Email addresses, Names, IP addresses, Geographic location, Support ticket contents


## Breach Detail

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## What happened

According to Have I Been Pwned, the anime streaming service Crunchyroll experienced a data breach in March 2026. A hacker claimed to have stolen data from approximately 6.8 million users, though a subset of 1.2 million records was later provided to HIBP.

## What was exposed

Reported by HIBP, the exposed data originated from Crunchyroll's Zendesk support system and included email addresses, names, login names, IP addresses, general geographic location, and the contents of support tickets.

## Who is affected

According to HIBP, approximately 1.2 million email addresses from the breached dataset were confirmed in their database, though the initial claim suggested a larger pool of affected users.

## What to do now

Users should monitor their accounts for suspicious activity and consider changing their Crunchyroll password if they have not already done so. Those affected should be alert to phishing attempts or social engineering that may reference information from support tickets.

## Sources

- [haveibeenpwned.com](https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Crunchyroll): HIBP; supporting source; publisher: haveibeenpwned.com; retrieved: 2026-05-01. Excerpt: Crunchyroll suffered a data breach in March 2026 affecting approximately 1.2 million email addresses, with additional personal information exposed from the company's Zendesk support system.

## Updates

- No case updates are currently published for this breach.

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