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Response snapshot Oct 26, 2026, 23:27 UTC

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Disclosed incidenthibp-cfgi

CFGI breach: 248,235 accounts exposed

In March 2026, the financial consulting and advisory firm CFGI was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay-or-leak" extortion campaign .

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What happened

In March 2026, the financial consulting and advisory firm CFGI was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay-or-leak" extortion campaign . The group subsequently publicised data allegedly obtained from CFGI comprising corporate contact information, including 243k unique email addresses, names, phone numbers and physical addresses.

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    Have I Been Pwned: CFGI (opens a new tab)

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, June 18). CFGI breach: 248,235 accounts exposed. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-cfgi

MLA

"CFGI breach: 248,235 accounts exposed." KEVWire, 18 June 2026, kevwire.com/record/hibp-cfgi.

Chicago

KEVWire. "CFGI breach: 248,235 accounts exposed." Last modified June 18, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-cfgi.

Evidence summary (plain text)

CFGI breach: 248,235 accounts exposed (Jun 18, 2026).
In March 2026, the financial consulting and advisory firm CFGI was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay-or-leak" extortion campaign . The group subsequently publicised data allegedly obtained from CFGI comprising corporate contact information, including 243k unique email addresses, names, phone numbers and physical addresses.
Sources:
Have I Been Pwned: CFGI: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/CFGI
Have I Been Pwned breach API: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3/breaches
Record ID: hibp-cfgi.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Oct 26, 2026, 23:25 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

Verified by Have I Been Pwned. Breach date: 2026-03-06; loaded 2026-06-18. Exposed data: Email addresses, Employers, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses. Counts are accounts in the loaded data, not necessarily distinct people.

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