Carhartt breach exposes 12.9 million user accounts
Information on 12.9 million user accounts was leaked from US clothing maker Carhartt. The scale claimed by ShinyHunters was about twice the confirmed figure, and analysis suggested the claim was inflated by synthetic data.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Carhartt
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information on 12.9 million user accounts
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- The scale of the Carhartt breach was reported as 12.9 million accounts, and analysis suggested that synthetic data was included in the attackers' claimed figure.
- The exposure of information on 12.9 million user accounts was further reported.
8 related reports
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The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.