Carhartt data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2026 breach of Carhartt. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Carhartt data breach exposed 12,933,413 accounts from carhartt.com in August 2026. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 25 Aug 2026, within a month. It is the 119th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Carhartt’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Physical addressesUsed to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.

What to do

  1. Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Carhartt among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Carhartt.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.

Timeline

  • : the breach, as best it can be dated.
  • : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, within a month.

Similar breaches

Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:

  • Addi, March 2026, 35 million accounts
  • McGraw Hill, April 2026, 14 million accounts
  • CarGurus, February 2026, 12 million accounts
  • Pitney Bowes, April 2026, 8.2 million accounts
  • Odido, February 2026, 6.1 million accounts
  • ADT, April 2026, 5.5 million accounts

See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “Carhartt”, Have I Been Pwned, added 25 Aug 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.