Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 27 Oct – 2 Nov 2025

14 data breaches on the tracker, 14 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
14
Notices in CA and WA
11
Ransomware claims
205
Largest
3.9M

The largest

  1. MyVidster (2025) 3,864,364 accounts

Every breach this week, by country

United States 13

Country being checked 1

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 205 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 134 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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