Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 16–22 December 2024

23 data breaches on the tracker, 23 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
23
Notices in CA and WA
19
Largest
28.4M

The largest

  1. French Citizens 28,445,106 accounts
  2. Hopamedia 23,835,870 accounts
  3. Young Living Essential Oils 1,128,951 accounts
  4. schenkYOU 237,349 accounts Germany
  5. BitView 63,127 accounts

Every breach this week, by country

United States 18

Country being checked 4

Germany 1

  • schenkYOU 19 December 2024 · 237,349 accounts
Every week

Follow the brief: one entry a week (Atom). The 2026 report has the year so far.

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