StreamElements confirms third-party data breach after hacker leaks data
Cloud-based streaming company StreamElements confirmed a data breach at a third-party service provider after a threat actor, known as 'victim', leaked samples of stolen data on a hacking forum on March 20, 2025. The breach exposed personal information of 210,000 customers, including full names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. StreamElements stated its own servers were not breached, but older data from a former third-party provider was exposed. The incident reportedly stemmed from an infostealer malware infection on a StreamElements employee in 2023, which granted access to the platform's order management system.
Signal context
First seen: Mar 20, 2025
Last updated: Jun 26, 2026
Status: Public signal
Key points
- 210,000 customers affected.
- Data leaked by threat actor 'victim' on a hacking forum on March 20, 2025.
- Exposed data includes full names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Signal analysis
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Sector: Information
Likely country: Location not provided
The feed marks multiple actor roles. Treat this as a review signal rather than a final attribution.
- Source type: outside the affected organization
- Source type: possible insider or internal misuse
Impact area: Confidentiality
Likely asset: User or customer data, Server or cloud data store
- 26 signals in the same sector
- 90 signals with the same likely impact area
- 1 signal linked to this organization/domain
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