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Breach occurred 2026-06-12Verifiedamericantower.com
What happened
In June 2026, telecommunications tower infrastructure company American Tower was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. The group subsequently published data allegedly taken from the company containing more than 200k unique email addresses belonging to employees, contractors, customers, and leads. Exposed data also included names, addresses, and phone numbers.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The American Tower data breach occurred on June 12, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on June 26, 2026.
216,601 accounts were affected by the American Tower data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The American Tower breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the American Tower breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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