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Over 12 Million Users Impacted by CarGurus Data Breach

More than 12 million users have been affected by a data breach at automotive research and shopping website CarGurus. The incident was disclosed last week, when the infamous extortion group ShinyHunters added CarGurus to its Tor-based leak site, claiming the theft of personally identifiable information (PII) and internal corporate data. Initially, the hackers said they stole 1.7 million records from the company, but have since leaked a 6.1GB archive that contains information pertaining to approximately 12.5 million accounts. The compromised information, data breach notification website Have I Been Pwned says, includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses. “Following an attempted extortion, the data was published publicly and contained more than 12M email…

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Feb 25, 2026
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