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Udemy data breach (2026)

In April 2026, online training company Udemy was the victim of a “pay or leak” extortion attempt perpetrated by the ShinyHunters group. The data was subsequently leaked publicly and contained 1.4M unique email addresses belonging to customers and instructors.

Victim
Udemy
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1.4M
SectorFinance

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 2026-04-24, Udemy was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,401,259 accounts were exposed. In April 2026, online training company Udemy was the victim of a “pay or leak” extortion attempt perpetrated by the ShinyHunters group. The data was subsequently leaked publicly and contained 1.4M unique email addresses belonging to customers and instructors.

Sources

  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Udemy
  2. udemy.comhttps://udemy.com

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