In June 2026, Glendale Community College was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Data allegedly obtained from Glendale was later published online and included almost 800k unique email addresses along with various other data fields, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and other information relating to student enrolments. In its disclosure notice , the college advised that "the potentially impacted information may vary for each individual and may include all or just one of the above-listed types of information".
What is known
People affected
793,925 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
Disclosed
Jun 23, 2026
Happened
Jun 15, 2026
Attack
Extortion
Data exposed
Dates of birth, Emails, Government IDs, Names, Phone numbers, Addresses
2026-09-25 · hibp: empty to GlendaleCommunityCollege · backfill source
2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to extortion · backfill source
2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["dob","emails","government-id","names","phone","addresses"] · backfill source
2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to hibp · backfill source
2026-09-25 · records: empty to 793925 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · occurred: empty to 2026-06-15 · backfill source
2026-09-25 · summary: empty to In June 2026, Glendale Community College was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Data allegedly obtained from Glendale was later published online and included almost 800k unique email addresses along with various · backfill source
