coe.int
About the organisation
Over 297 GB of Council of Europe HR and payroll data (429,000+ files) was compromised across the Secretariat, Directorate of Human Resources, Parliamentary Assembly, EDQM, permanent and temporary staff, interpreters, conference services, language booth units, and payroll administration, including 409,000+ payslips for 10,000+ staff from 2011 to 2026, 14,000+ CVs and 3,700+ in-house personnel files, 10,700+ per-employee document stores, contract and purchase order records, mission travel overpayments, interpreter scheduling and 2026 salary scales, Blue List rosters, absence and illness reports, bank account and URSSAF payroll data, performance evaluations, and payroll exports, covering full names, employee IDs, home addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, salaries, bank details, tax and social security information, medical and absence records, mission references, and other internal institutional data. This is a final warning to reach out by 16 June 2026 before we leak along with several annoying (digital) problems that'll come your way. Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | Updated: 14 June 2026 | Warning: FINAL WARNING PAY OR LEAK
What the listing means
coe.int appeared on the shinyhunters leak site on 14 June 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 3 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing coe.int as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on coe.int, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/Y29lLmludEBzaGlueWh1bnRlcnM=