Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 8–14 December 2025

28 data breaches on the tracker, 28 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
28
Notices in CA and WA
21
Ransomware claims
191
Largest
217

The largest

  1. Ricca Chemical Company 217 people United States

Every breach this week, by country

United States 28

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 191 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 234 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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