Artists&Clients Data Breach

What happened

In August 2025, the "marketplace that connects artists to prospective clients" Artists&Clients, suffered a data breach and subsequent ransom demand of US$50k. The data was subsequently leaked publicly and included 95k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and bcrypt password hashes.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Artists&Clients password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Artists&Clients — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.