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Seems Scribd made the news 13 years ago for the same issue[0] [1] and an archive.org link of the original-now-deleted announcement[2]!

0 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5493280 Scribd hacked – emails and hashed passwords leaked (scribd.com) 106 points by joosters on April 4, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 65 comments

1 https://thenextweb.com/news/scribd-reveals-it-was-hacked-thi...

2 https://web.archive.org/web/20130407114005/https://support.s...

Notable callouts from 2013: "Our investigation indicates that no content, payment and sales-related data, or other information were accessed or compromised. We believe the information accessed was limited to general user information, which includes usernames, emails, and encrypted passwords."

"We take our responsibility to protect our users' data extremely seriously and constantly improve our security infrastructure and policies. Following this incident, we have implemented numerous additional safeguards. Not only have we taken steps to address the specific issues that led to this incident, but we are also conducting a comprehensive security review and are implementing more general measures to proactively enhance security. We are also alerting relevant authorities to the matter and will co-operate with their investigation."