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ADT data breach (2026)

In April 2026, home security firm ADT confirmed a data breach by ShinyHunters, which listed the company on its website as part of a "pay or leak" extortion attempt. The breach impacted 5.5M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers and physical addresses.

Victim
ADT
records
5.5M
SectorMedia

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2026-04-20, ADT was affected by a data breach. Approximately 5,488,888 accounts were exposed. In April 2026, home security firm ADT confirmed a data breach by ShinyHunters, which listed the company on its website as part of a "pay or leak" extortion attempt. The breach impacted 5.5M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers and physical addresses.

Sources

  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#ADT
  2. adt.comhttps://adt.com

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