Houston City College breach listed 832K email addresses

Published July 28, 2026

Houston City College had customer data stolen in a breach affecting 832K accounts. The exposed data included Academic records, Citizenship statuses, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.

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Houston City College

What is known

ShinyHunters stole and leaked data from Houston City College.

What to do

Search your email address in Have I Been Pwned for the Houston City College breach. If it appears, treat Academic records, Citizenship statuses, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses as exposed.

Follow Houston City College notices, watch health insurance and identity records for misuse, and replace any reused password tied to the exposed email address.

Reported details

Have I Been Pwned lists the Houston City College breach as affecting 832K accounts. It attributes the incident to a ShinyHunters pay-or-leak extortion campaign. The listed data classes are Academic records, Citizenship statuses, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.