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Neogen Experiences 435,963 Breached Accounts

| 2026-10-09 07:06 CRITICAL LOW DATA BREACH
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Executive Summary
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In August 2026, the food and animal safety organisation Neogen was targeted by ShinyHunters in a "pay or leak" extortion attempt, resulting in a ‎Data Breach‎ of corporate contact records and ‎436k unique email addresses. The group later published data claiming to have been obtained from Neogen, compromising 435,963 breached accounts. This attack is classified as an ‎Extortion‎ tactic. ShinyHunters are believed to be the APT Group behind this incident. The compromised data included information such as names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and salutations of employers and employees. As a result, it is recommended that individuals affected by this breach change their passwords immediately on every account where they were used and enable two-factor authentication wherever possible.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Reset credentials and API keys that may have been exposed, and review access logs for the affected accounts or integrations.
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Incident Timeline
‎August 2026
ShinyHunters attempted to extort Neogen in an August 2026 "pay or leak" extortion scheme.
tactic Data Breach
Neogen Data Breach What Happened In August 2026, the food and animal safety organisation Neogen was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion attempt .
tactic Extortion
Neogen Data Breach What Happened In August 2026, the food and animal safety organisation Neogen was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion attempt .
organisation Neogen Data Breach
Neogen Data Breach What Happened In August 2026, the food and animal safety organisation Neogen was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion attempt .
threat_actor ShinyHunters
Neogen Data Breach What Happened In August 2026, the food and animal safety organisation Neogen was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion attempt .
organisation HIBP
Try 1Password Breach Overview Affected Addresses: 436k Breach Occurred: August 2026 Added to HIBP: 9 Oct 2026 Recommended Actions Change Your Password If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was…
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Try 1Password Breach Overview Affected Addresses: 436k Breach Occurred: August 2026 Added to HIBP: 9 Oct 2026 Recommended Actions Change Your Password If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was…
organisation 436k
The data consisted largely of corporate contact records and included 436k unique email addresses from mailing lists, employee records and other contacts.
organisation Compromised Data
Compromised Data Email addresses Employers Job titles Names Phone numbers Physical addresses Salutations Recommended Actions Sponsored Use a password manager to generate and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts.
‎2026/10/09
Threat actors successfully compromised 435,963 Neogen accounts on October 9, 2026.
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Neogen - 435,963 breached accounts.
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