high severity January 28, 2026 · 1 min read

ShinyHunters 2026 Spree: 5 Major Breaches in 30 Days — Trend Analysis

If you have an account with ShinyHunters, here’s what’s now in circulation.

In 30 days spanning Jan–Feb 2026, ShinyHunters claimed five major breaches: Match Group, Crunchbase, Harvard Alumni, plus two unconfirmed targets. A pattern of vishing-led, third-party-access compromises.

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In a 30-day span between January and early January 2026, the threat group ShinyHunters (also operating as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters) claimed five major breaches affecting 13 million-plus records across Match Group, Crunchbase, Harvard Alumni, and two unconfirmed targets. The pattern: vishing-led compromises of customer-service or admin accounts, followed by data exfiltration and underground-forum monetization.

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value redacted in this sampleage, relatives, address historySpokeo

value redacted in this samplephone, household, property recordsBeenVerified

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Found in breach recordsverifiedreported — unverified

Each record is labeled: confirmed breach data, or an attacker’s claim no one has verified.

verifiedvalue redacted in this samplepassword + phone · 2024telecom breach

unverifiedvalue redacted in this sampleclaimed in ransomware listing · 2026leak-site claim

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Report details & sourcing

Severity High

Disclosed January 28, 2026

Last reviewed July 22, 2026

Affected Aggregate: 13M+ records across multiple companies

Data exposed Cross-platform PIICorporate recordsDonor/alumni dataBusiness-intelligence profiles

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Sources: BleepingComputer ShinyHunters coverage · Security Week timeline

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