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Sharecare breach: 318,185 accounts exposed

In August 2026, the digital health company Sharecare was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . The group subsequently published data it claimed was taken from Sharecare's systems, containing 318k unique email addresses.

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What happened

In August 2026, the digital health company Sharecare was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . The group subsequently published data it claimed was taken from Sharecare's systems, containing 318k unique email addresses. Most of the data consisted of B2B sales and marketing records with names, physical addresses, phone numbers, job titles and employers.

The data also included a small number of Brazilian health insurance plan members, including dates of birth, genders, marital statuses and CPF numbers (Brazilian taxpayer identification numbers).

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

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, October 12). Sharecare breach: 318,185 accounts exposed. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-sharecare

MLA

"Sharecare breach: 318,185 accounts exposed." KEVWire, 12 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/hibp-sharecare.

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KEVWire. "Sharecare breach: 318,185 accounts exposed." Last modified October 12, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-sharecare.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Sharecare breach: 318,185 accounts exposed (Oct 12, 2026).
In August 2026, the digital health company Sharecare was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . The group subsequently published data it claimed was taken from Sharecare's systems, containing 318k unique email addresses. Most of the data consisted of B2B sales and marketing records with names, physical addresses, phone numbers, job titles and employers. The data also included a small number of Brazilian health insurance plan members, including dates of birth, genders, marital statuses and CPF numbers (Brazilian taxpayer identification numbers).
Sources:
Have I Been Pwned: Sharecare: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Sharecare
Have I Been Pwned breach API: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3/breaches
Record ID: hibp-sharecare.
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: 2026-08-12; loaded 2026-10-12. Exposed data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Employers, Genders, Government issued IDs, Job titles, Marital statuses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses. Counts are accounts in the loaded data, not necessarily distinct people.

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