Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 6–12 October 2025

13 data breaches on the tracker, 13 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
13
Notices in CA and WA
14
Ransomware claims
172
Largest
7.3M

The largest

  1. Vietnam Airlines 7,316,915 accounts
  2. Adpost 3,339,512 accounts

Every breach this week, by country

United States 11

Country being checked 2

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 172 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 200 the week before. A claim is the gang’s word, not a confirmed breach.

Every week

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

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