Data breach
Edmunds: a data breach
In January 2026, the automotive research and car-shopping platform Edmunds was listed by the ShinyHunters hacking group as having been breached . Data purportedly obtained in the incident was later published publicly and included 178k unique email addresses, usernames, passwords, IP addresses, phone numbers and vehicle-related records.
The record
- Organisation
- Edmunds →
- Identity
- Edmundsidentified by its domain in a verified breach record
- Records affected
- 177,860 records
- Data exposed
- Device information, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Phone numbers, Usernames
- Sector
- Not recorded
- Occurred
- 2026-01-24
- Disclosed
- 2026-06-01
- First recorded here
- 2026-09-09
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Sources (1)
One source so far.
- Have I Been Pwned ↗First reported
2026-06-01