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Breach Record

7-Eleven

DISCLOSED 2026-05-27 · RANSOMWARE · 183,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information of over 183,000 people after hacking 7-Eleven systems in April 2026. 7-Eleven disclosed the breach on May 1, 2026. The data was later added to the Have I Been Pwned service.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2026-05-27
Attack vector
Ransomware
Sector
Retail
Records exposed
183,000
Data classes exposed
personal information
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

Insufficient details on attack vector and endpoint involvement to assess whether a positive-security model would have prevented the breach.

Our assessments are opinion, grounded in the cited public facts. Read them critically.

Sources

Cited reporting

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