ShinyHunters Claims 297GB HR and Payroll Data from Council of Europe: What Was Exposed & What To Do
The ShinyHunters Claims 297GB HR and Payroll Data from Council of Europe (reported June 14, 2026) exposed hr-data, payroll, personal-information and financial belonging to roughly 10000+ people. If you have an account with them, your information may now be circulating on the open web and with data brokers. Here’s exactly what happened, how to check if you were affected, and what to do next.
What was exposed
- hr-data
- payroll
- personal-information
- financial
- medical
How to check if you were affected
Run a free exposure scan with your email address. It matches you against known breach datasets and shows where your information has surfaced. Check if you’re exposed →
What to do if you were in the ShinyHunters Claims 297GB HR and Payroll Data from Council of Europe
- Freeze your credit with all three bureaus and place a fraud alert. This kind of exposure sharply raises your identity-theft risk.
- Review medical statements for services you did not receive — leaked health data enables medical identity theft.
- Remove your personal information from data-broker sites so the leaked data can’t be combined against you — GalaxyWarden files those removals for you.
How this breach connects
Frequently asked questions
Was my data in the ShinyHunters Claims 297GB HR and Payroll Data from Council of Europe breach?
The fastest way to know is a free exposure scan — it checks your email address against known breach data, including recent incidents like this one.
What information was exposed in the ShinyHunters Claims 297GB HR and Payroll Data from Council of Europe?
The reported exposed data includes: hr-data, payroll, personal-information, financial, medical.
What should I do after the ShinyHunters Claims 297GB HR and Payroll Data from Council of Europe breach?
Change your password for that account and anywhere you reused it, turn on two-factor authentication, and remove your personal information from data-broker sites so it can’t be combined with the leaked data.
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