CarGurus — 12.5M accounts
Severity: High · Kind: Data breach
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From the source
In February 2026, the automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach attributed to the threat actor ShinyHunters . Following an attempted extortion, the data was published publicly and contained more than 12M email addresses across multiple files including user account ID mappings, finance pre-qualification application data and dealer account and subscription information. Impacted data also included names, phone numbers, physical and IP addresses, and auto finance application outcomes.
Breach facts
- Accounts affected
- 12,461,887
- Verified
- Yes
- Sensitive
- No
- Domain
- cargurus.com
- Data exposed
- Email addressesIP addressesNamesPhone numbersPhysical addresses
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