Mailchimp
US marketing automation platform and email marketing service
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| January 11 2024 | A third data breach occurred when unauthorized actors gained access to an internal customer support and account administration tool through a social engineering attack on Mailchimp employees and contractors. The attackers compromised employee credentials and accessed 133 Mailchimp accounts, potentially exposing names, email addresses, and campaign information. |
| January 2023 | Mailchimp confirmed a second data breach affecting 133 accounts, which was executed through social engineering tactics. |
| March 2022 | Mailchimp experienced a data breach where intruders accessed data from 319 customers through social engineering, exposing email addresses, IP addresses, and approximate locations of mailing list recipients. |
| November 1 2021 | Intuit officially completed the acquisition of Mailchimp for $5.7 billion in cash, $6.3 billion in common stock, and 573,000 restricted stock units, subsequently renaming the platform to Intuit Mailchimp. |
| September 13 2021 | Intuit confirmed it would acquire Mailchimp for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock. |
| August 31 2021 | Bloomberg reported that Mailchimp was in talks with Intuit about a potential acquisition after 20 years of turning down previous offers. |
| March 2020 | Mailchimp acquired Courier Media, a London-based media and magazine company, to support its international growth strategy. |
| February 2019 | Mailchimp acquired LemonStand, a smaller competitor, as part of its strategy to expand its marketing platform. |
| 2018 | Mailchimp underwent a comprehensive brand redesign, evolving its visual identity from an email marketing tool to a broader marketing platform. The redesign included a new logo, color palette, typeface, imagery, and illustrations. |
| 2018 | Mailchimp updated its official wordmark from 'MailChimp' to 'Mailchimp', changing the capitalization of the 'C'. |
| August 2017 | Mailchimp announced plans to open new offices in Brooklyn and Oakland, California. |
| 2014 | Mailchimp purchased the domain 'mailkimp.com' and redirected it to mailchimp.com in response to the viral 'MailKimp' meme. |
| 2014 | Mailchimp sponsored the launch of the Serial podcast, becoming a notable podcast advertiser. |
| 2014 | A memorable ad featuring a 14-year-old Norwegian girl mispronouncing 'Mailchimp' as 'MailKimp' became a widespread meme. |
| June 2014 | By June, Mailchimp was sending over 10 billion emails per month on behalf of its users. |
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