Madison Square Garden Sports Data Breach

What happened

In June 2026, the sports and entertainment company Madison Square Garden Sports was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. The group later published the alleged data, which included almost 10M unique email addresses spanning staff and customers, along with extensive personal, employment and customer relationship information.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Madison Square Garden Sports — 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.