Houston City College: a data breach
In June 2026, Houston City College was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Data allegedly obtained from the college was later published publicly and included 832k unique email addresses along with names, addresses, phone numbers, academic records, and other personal information relating to both current students and alumni.
The record
- Organisation
- Houston City College →
- Identity
- Houston City Collegeidentified by its domain in a verified breach record
- Records affected
- 831,642 records
- Data exposed
- Academic records, Citizenship statuses, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses
- Sector
- Not recorded
- Occurred
- 2026-06-16
- Disclosed
- 2026-07-28
- First recorded here
- 2026-09-09
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Sources (1)
One source so far.
- Have I Been Pwned ↗First reported
2026-07-28