Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 1–7 December 2025

20 data breaches on the tracker, 20 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
20
Notices in CA and WA
11
Ransomware claims
234
Largest
817,808

The largest

  1. KinoKong 817,808 accounts
  2. Zilvia.net 287,863 accounts

Every breach this week, by country

United States 18

Country being checked 2

  • KinoKong 6 December 2025 · 817,808 accounts
  • Zilvia.net 1 December 2025 · 287,863 accounts

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 234 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 162 the week before. A claim is the gang’s word, not a confirmed breach.

What regulators did

  • Reprimand · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · Post Office Limited The decision 2 December 2025
Every week

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