ADT Data Breach

What happened?

In April 2026, home security firm ADT confirmed a data breach by ShinyHunters , which listed the company on its website as part of a "pay or leak" extortion attempt. The breach impacted 5.5M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers and physical addresses. ADT also advised that "in a small percentage of cases, dates of birth and the last four digits of Social Security numbers or Tax IDs were included" and that it had contacted all affected people.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is April 20, 2026. The record was added to the catalogue on April 27, 2026 and last updated there on April 27, 2026.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Names
• Partial government issued IDs
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with ADT or used adt.com around April 20, 2026. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.