Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 18–24 March 2024

31 data breaches on the tracker, 31 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
31
Notices in CA and WA
32
Largest
49.1M

The largest

  1. AT&T Inc. 49,102,176 accounts United States
  2. MediaWorks 162,710 accounts New Zealand

Every breach this week, by country

United States 30

New Zealand 1

What regulators did

  • Enforcement notice · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · Home Office The decision 21 March 2024
  • Reprimand · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company The decision 18 March 2024
Every week

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