Glendale Community College data breach: 793K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2026-07-11
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". Exposed data: academic records, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, government issued ids, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jun 15, 2026; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 11, 2026.
What to do
- If you had a Glendale Community College account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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