Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 22–28 December 2025

24 data breaches on the tracker, 24 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
24
Notices in CA and WA
10
Ransomware claims
207
Largest
2.4M

The largest

  1. WIRED 2,364,431 accounts
  2. Utair 401,400 accounts Russia
  3. Higginbotham Insurance Agency Inc 16,188 people United States
  4. Med Atlantic Inc 1,893 people United States
  5. Topstep LLC 938 people United States
  6. Unipres Alabama Inc 898 people United States

Every breach this week, by country

United States 22

Country being checked 1

  • WIRED 27 December 2025 · 2,364,431 accounts

Russia 1

  • Utair 26 December 2025 · 401,400 accounts

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 207 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 209 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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