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CarGurus Data Breach Exposes 12.4 Million Accounts

CarGurus Data Breach Exposes 12.4 Million Accounts

First seen 24 Feb 2026, 19:11 UTC • •

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 16:10 UTC

The ShinyHunters extortion group published personal information from over 12 million records allegedly stolen from CarGurus, a digital auto platform. The breach includes sensitive data from both personal and corporate accounts, significantly impacting users of the service.

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2026-02-21
ShinyHunters published data archive containing 12.4 million records
2026-02-21
Initial report of 1.7 million records stolen by ShinyHunters
2026-02-24
Bleepingcomputer reports on the breach and its scale

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