Elevation Church
Data Breach
resources.elevationchurch.org52,685
Records Exposed
Aug 2018
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In August 2018, Elevation Church, the official hub of the modern, multi-site evangelical megachurch headquartered in Charlotte–Matthews, North Carolina (USA) and led by Pastors Steven and Holly Furtick, suffered a data breach that affected 52,685 users. The compromised data included email addresses and MD5 password hashes. As MD5 is a deprecated hashing algorithm vulnerable to attacks, users should change any reused passwords immediately.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Religion
Indexed On
Jul 14, 2025
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Elevation Church and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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