Crunchbase controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2026
Alleged ShinyHunters cyberattack
Crunchbase was reported as a target of a cyberattack allegedly claimed by ShinyHunters. The group claimed theft of more than two million records containing personal information. The incident's details and scope require verification.
2013
Pro Populi dataset licensing dispute
AOL disputed Pro Populi's use of the complete Crunchbase dataset in applications, despite the dataset having been distributed under a Creative Commons attribution license. After Electronic Frontier Foundation involvement, AOL allowed Pro Populi to continue using the data and adopted a noncommercial attribution license for later revisions.