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7-Eleven: franchisee-document systems breached, about 185,000 people affected
7-Eleven’s notification letters (sent 1 May 2026) say an unauthorized third party accessed systems used to store franchisee documents on 8 Apr 2026...
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What happened
- 7-Eleven’s notification letters (sent 1 May 2026) say an unauthorized third party accessed systems used to store franchisee documents on 8 Apr 2026, exposing names, dates of birth, emails, phone numbers and addresses. HIBP counted about 185,300 people; 7-Eleven gave no number. ShinyHunters claims 600,000+ Salesforce records and leaked a 9.4GB archive.
- Root cause: not disclosed; ShinyHunters says it was the Salesforce environment.
- ShinyHunters claimed it on 17 Apr; 7-Eleven has not attributed it.
- 24 months of identity protection offered; lawsuit filed.
Sources
- https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/7-eleven-data-breach-exposes-personal-information-of-185-000-people
- https://therecord.media/7-eleven-reports-data-breach-shinyhunters
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