Moody Bible Institute breach leaves 2.3M accounts needing salvation, says cyber expert
ShinyHunters leaks names, addresses, DOBs, and more after Christian college discloses cyberattack
Data on more than 2.3 million people associated with Moody Bible Institute (MBI) has been exposed online after the Christian college was targeted by ShinyHunters.
The attack was first disclosed by MBI in June, and the extortion crew later leaked the stolen data. Have I Been Pwned has since added the cache to its breach notification database, putting a figure on the number of exposed accounts.
MBI is one of many victims of ShinyHunters' pay-or-leak attacks in 2026, and while the organization has not explicitly commented on whether it negotiated with the criminals, the leak suggests that the group's extortion demands were not met.
Broadly consistent with ShinyHunters' claims, the MBI data made available for download on June 23 includes names, genders, dates of birth, physical and email addresses, phone numbers, and marital statuses.
The cache also...
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