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Moody Bible Institute breach: 2,303,416 accounts exposed

In June 2026, Moody Bible Institute was targeted by a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Over 2.

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What happened

In June 2026, Moody Bible Institute was targeted by a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Over 2.3M unique email addresses and other personal data were later published publicly, including names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and other information relating to donors, supporters, students and alumni.

In their disclosure notice , Moody advised that they had "engaged both internal and external cybersecurity experts to thoroughly investigate the matter".

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  1. Primary source

    Have I Been Pwned: Moody Bible Institute (opens a new tab)

    Verified breach loaded into Have I Been Pwned: account count, exposed data types, and dates.

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    Moody Bible Institute disclosure (opens a new tab)

    The organization's own breach disclosure, as linked by Have I Been Pwned.

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    Have I Been Pwned breach API (opens a new tab)

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, July 3). Moody Bible Institute breach: 2,303,416 accounts exposed. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-moodybibleinstitute

MLA

"Moody Bible Institute breach: 2,303,416 accounts exposed." KEVWire, 3 July 2026, kevwire.com/record/hibp-moodybibleinstitute.

Chicago

KEVWire. "Moody Bible Institute breach: 2,303,416 accounts exposed." Last modified July 3, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-moodybibleinstitute.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Moody Bible Institute breach: 2,303,416 accounts exposed (Jul 3, 2026).
In June 2026, Moody Bible Institute was targeted by a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Over 2.3M unique email addresses and other personal data were later published publicly, including names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and other information relating to donors, supporters, students and alumni. In their disclosure notice , Moody advised that they had "engaged both internal and external cybersecurity experts to thoroughly investigate the matter".
Sources:
Have I Been Pwned: Moody Bible Institute: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/MoodyBibleInstitute
Moody Bible Institute disclosure: https://www.moodybible.org/news/2026/data-investigation/
Have I Been Pwned breach API: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3/breaches
Record ID: hibp-moodybibleinstitute.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Oct 26, 2026, 21:25 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

Verified by Have I Been Pwned. Breach date: 2026-06-15; loaded 2026-07-03. Exposed data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Marital statuses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses. Counts are accounts in the loaded data, not necessarily distinct people.

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