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Crunchbase confirms breach after ShinyHunters leak
More than 2 million records were claimed.
- Organisation
- Crunchbase
- Disclosed
- 24 January 2026
- Affected
- 2,000,000 (claimed by attacker, unconfirmed)
- Data
- Personal and business data
- Attacker
- ShinyHunters
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Crunchbase confirms breach after ShinyHunters leak”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 24 Jan 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-01-24-crunchbase-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-in-january-2026.
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