The Pitney Bowes data breach exposed 8,243,989 records including Email addresses, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses. This breach has been verified by HaveIBeenPwned. Affected users should check HaveIBeenPwned.com and take immediate steps to protect their accounts.
What Happened
In April 2026, the hacking collective ShinyHunters claimed to have obtained data from Pitney Bowes as part of a broader extortion campaign that also named several other organisations. After negotiations allegedly failed, the group publicly released the data which included 8.2M unique email addresses, along with names, phone numbers and physical addresses. A subset of the data also included Pitney Bowes employee records with job titles.
- Breach date
- 2026-04-20
- Records affected
- 8,243,989
- Verified
- Yes
- Domain
- pitneybowes.com
What Was Exposed
The following data types were included in the breach:
- Email addresses
- Job titles
- Names
- Phone numbers
- Physical addresses
What You Should Do
If you had an account with Pitney Bowes, take these steps immediately:
- Check if your account was affected at HaveIBeenPwned.com
- Watch for phishing emails that reference the breach or impersonate the affected company
- Be alert for social engineering attempts using your exposed personal information
- Enable two-factor authentication on the affected service if available
- Consider using a password manager to generate unique passwords for each service
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