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Pitney Bowes: 8.2 million contacts taken from Salesforce after an employee email account was phished

Pitney Bowes said it “identified unauthorized access to certain records in our Salesforce customer relationship management environment” on 9 Apr 2026...

Disclosed

What happened

  • Pitney Bowes said it “identified unauthorized access to certain records in our Salesforce customer relationship management environment” on 9 Apr 2026, related to business customer accounts and contacts, with no sensitive personal data apparently accessed. HIBP (added 27 Apr): 8.2 million unique emails with names, phone numbers and addresses, plus some employee job titles. ShinyHunters claims 25 million records.
  • Root cause per Pitney Bowes: phishing that compromised an employee’s email account, leading to Salesforce access.
  • ShinyHunters claimed it; data released after negotiations failed.
  • Business customers notified; outside experts and law enforcement engaged.

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