Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 13–19 October 2025

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

Breaches
13
Notices in CA and WA
12
Ransomware claims
234
Largest
17.6M

The largest

  1. Prosper 17,605,276 accounts

Every breach this week, by country

United States 12

Country being checked 1

  • Prosper 16 October 2025 · 17,605,276 accounts

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 234 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 172 the week before. A claim is the gang’s word, not a confirmed breach.

What regulators did

  • Monetary penaltie · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · Capita plc and Capita Pension Solutions Ltd The decision 15 October 2025
Every week

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