JCPenney Data Breach

What happened?

In June 2026, retailer JCPenney and associated brands were targeted in a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . Data allegedly obtained from JCPenney through the exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft was later published publicly. The exposed records indicated they primarily related to internal HR systems and impacted current and former employees. The data included 368k corporate and personal email addresses, names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and home addresses.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is June 12, 2026. The record was added to the catalogue on June 20, 2026 and last updated there on June 20, 2026.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Government issued IDs
• Job titles
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Usernames

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 JCPenney or used jcpenny.com around June 12, 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.