Tell HN: Scribd Breached
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Oct 31, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
Not seeing anything posted about this anywhere, received on Monday, 26th of Oct 2026: Subject: Notice of Security Incident This notice is being sent on behalf of Scribd, Inc., the parent company of Scribd, Slideshare, Everand, and Fable, by Epiq, Scribd Inc.’s notification partner. Hello, We are writing to let you know that Scribd, Inc. recently experienced a security incident that may have affected your data. We detected that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to certain user…
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- Oct 31, 2026
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Trending history
Tell HN: Scribd Breached was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 31, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 61 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #6 of 30, reached on Oct 31, 17:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 31, 18:22 UTC.
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I'd feel a lot better if I knew some red team security researchers were going hard trying to break into critical national infrastructure, just to ensure it's not too easy, but probably this isn't happening because it would be a felony to even try. The bad guys are free to try though. All this will tend to get blamed…
Isn't this that website that keeps coming up in my web search results, apparently having a pdf of the thing I searched, except it's actually a badly html-ed version of said pdf with no way to download the original one?
> last 4 digits of your credit card and country, credit card issuer, credit card expiry date This particular set of beached data could stop existing if, instead of reusing a set of fixed data for payments, your bank allowed you to generate a unique code that sent a one-time (or recurring, locked to a single vendor)…
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Is Tell HN: Scribd Breached trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 31, 18:22 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Tell HN: Scribd Breached reached?
#6 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 31, 17:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Tell HN: Scribd Breached been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 31, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (61 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
287 points and 105 comments; submitted by x______________ on Oct 31, 2026.