ShellCodeX Breach Report
Houston City College Data Breach
hccs.edu
Verified breach
Accounts exposed
831,642
Breach date
16 Jun 2026
Added to tracker
28 Jul 2026
Data classes
8
What happened
In June 2026, Houston City College was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. Data allegedly obtained from the college was later published publicly and included 832k unique email addresses along with names, addresses, phone numbers, academic records, and other personal information relating to both current students and alumni.
Exposed data
Academic records
Citizenship statuses
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
Names
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Houston City College — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP