Carhartt data breach exposed information from 12.9 million user accounts

Date:
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:05:00 +0000

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Names, emails, and more Carhartt data has been exposed by ShinyHunters.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter ShinyHunters leaked 12.9
million Carhartt customer records after failed $3.3 million ransom talks Data stolen from Databricks platform included names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses Group now focuses on exfiltration via vishing and SaaS breaches, abandoning encryption Millions of user records belonging to customers of clothing giant Carhartt has been leaked onto the dark web, exposing peoples names, email addresses, postal addresses, and phone numbers, to all sorts of scammers and cybercriminals.

The infamous ShinyHunters ransomware gang recently added Carhartt to its data leak site, saying negotiations broke down and uploading the entire archive that was stolen in the breach. "Millions of records of customer data and vast amount of sensitive information and PII containing employee, customer, customer metadata (royalty info), and other internal corporate data was compromised," the group said. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: Compromising analytics platforms It added that the demand was $3.3 million, which Carhartt turned down:

"After careful review and internal discussions with leadership, we have decided not to move forward with negotiations or further discussions," a company negotiator allegedly told the extortionists. You may like 2.6 million DentaQuest accounts exposed by data breach ShinyHunters claim 234GB of data stolen Millions of stolen records allegedly dumped online by mystery "Hatman" hacker McDonalds, Vodafone and more see Microsoft Azure records stolen ShinyHunters hackers claim to have hit data center provider used by Microsoft and Meta

At the same time, security researcher Troy Hunt from HaveIBeenPwned? analyzed the leaked batch and concluded that it most likely came from Carhartts Databricks analytics platform.

Hunt said some 12.9 million accounts were compromised, containing information such as email addresses, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. The batch also contains "millions of synthetic records that did not relate to
real individuals and were excluded from the breach." Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

ShinyHunters is currently one of the most active threat actors. They started as a typical ransomware group but decided to abandon the encryption part and to focus solely on data exfiltration. The group mostly engages in vishing, tricking victims into trying to log into the corporate environment through spoofed landing pages.

After gaining a foothold, they target for SaaS solutions, through which they steal valuable information. They have claimed responsibility for breaches at hundreds of Salesforce and tens of Snowflake customers.

Carhartt runs roughly 60 stores around the US, and employs some 3,000 people, bringing in an estimated $1.8 billion in annual revenue.

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