# McGraw Hill Data Breach

> McGraw Hill confirmed a data breach in April 2026 affecting 13.5 million accounts, exposing email addresses, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses due to a Salesforce misconfiguration.

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Last modified: 2026-05-03T21:56:41.804Z

## Key Facts

- Company: McGraw Hill
- Company domain: mheducation.com
- Reported by Breached: 2026-05-01
- Breach date: 2026-04-10
- People affected: 13.5M
- Severity: critical
- Exposed data types: Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses


## Breach Detail

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## What happened

According to HIBP, McGraw Hill confirmed a data breach in April 2026 following an extortion attempt. The incident was attributed to a Salesforce misconfiguration that exposed data from a webpage hosted on Salesforce's platform. More than 100GB of data was subsequently distributed publicly.

## What was exposed

The breach exposed 13.5 million unique email addresses. Additional fields including names, physical addresses, and phone numbers appeared inconsistently across some records in the distributed files.

## Who is affected

Approximately 13.5 million individuals with accounts or data associated with McGraw Hill's Salesforce-hosted webpage are affected by this breach.

## What to do now

Affected individuals should monitor their email accounts and watch for unsolicited contact. Consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze with credit bureaus if personal information including addresses and phone numbers were exposed. Review any McGraw Hill accounts for unauthorized activity.

## Sources

- [haveibeenpwned.com](https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#McGrawHill): HIBP; supporting source; publisher: haveibeenpwned.com; retrieved: 2026-05-01. Excerpt: McGraw Hill confirmed a data breach in April 2026 affecting 13.5 million accounts, exposing email addresses, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses due to a Salesforce misconfiguration.

## Updates

- No case updates are currently published for this breach.

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