Data breach
7-Eleven data breach
In 2026, 7-Eleven suffered a data breach affecting 152,580 records. Exposed data included email addresses, phone numbers, addresses and 4 other types of data.
Breach date
152 580
Records in the breach
7
Types of data exposed
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Data exposed in the 7-Eleven breach
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Addresses
- Names
- Surname
- Date of Birth
- SSN Numbers
About the breach
The 7-Eleven Data Breach occurred when unauthorized actors gained access to internal systems used to store franchise-related documents.
Key Details
• Discovery Date: April 8, 2026
• Responsible Group: The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters, which launched a "pay or leak" extortion campaign after claiming they stole hundreds of thousands of Salesforce and franchise records.
• Impacted Population: Approximately 185,000 unique individuals (current, former, and prospective franchisees / franchise applicants).
• Exposed Information:
• Names and email addresses
• Physical addresses and phone numbers
• Dates of birth
• Social Security numbers and driver's licenses (for a subset of records)
• Franchise application documents
• Customer Data: 7-Eleven confirmed that regular customer accounts, loyalty data, and payment/credit card systems were not affected.
• Company Response: 7-Eleven launched an internal investigation, notified law enforcement, worked with cybersecurity experts, and offered 24 months of free identity theft protection and CyberScan monitoring via IDX to affected individuals.
Key Details
• Discovery Date: April 8, 2026
• Responsible Group: The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters, which launched a "pay or leak" extortion campaign after claiming they stole hundreds of thousands of Salesforce and franchise records.
• Impacted Population: Approximately 185,000 unique individuals (current, former, and prospective franchisees / franchise applicants).
• Exposed Information:
• Names and email addresses
• Physical addresses and phone numbers
• Dates of birth
• Social Security numbers and driver's licenses (for a subset of records)
• Franchise application documents
• Customer Data: 7-Eleven confirmed that regular customer accounts, loyalty data, and payment/credit card systems were not affected.
• Company Response: 7-Eleven launched an internal investigation, notified law enforcement, worked with cybersecurity experts, and offered 24 months of free identity theft protection and CyberScan monitoring via IDX to affected individuals.
How to protect yourself
In order to start protecting yourself from possible fraud in future, we highly recommend the following steps:
1. Monitor your credit reports for possible suspicious activities. If you cannot do this yourself, we recommend you sign up with online services that does this on your behalf.
1. Be on the lookout for an increase in spam or fraudulent calls. We recommend you make use of mobile apps like True Caller, which can assist you in identifying potential spam or fraudulent calls.
2. Monitor your banking transactions. Ensure that you are receiving notifications of transactions by either SMS, your app or email.
1. Monitor your credit reports for possible suspicious activities. If you cannot do this yourself, we recommend you sign up with online services that does this on your behalf.
1. Be on the lookout for an increase in spam or fraudulent calls. We recommend you make use of mobile apps like True Caller, which can assist you in identifying potential spam or fraudulent calls.
2. Monitor your banking transactions. Ensure that you are receiving notifications of transactions by either SMS, your app or email.
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