Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 4–10 May 2026

53 data breaches on the tracker, 53 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
53
Notices in CA and WA
10
Ransomware claims
219
Largest
447,593

The largest

  1. Woflow 447,593 accounts
  2. Zara 197,376 accounts
  3. Vimeo 119,167 accounts
  4. Berger & Williams 34,153 people United States
  5. MemberSource Credit Union 31,046 people United States
  6. 54 Below Inc. 13,622 people United States

Every breach this week, by country

United States 48

Country being checked 5

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 219 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 308 the week before. A claim is the gang’s word, not a confirmed breach.

What regulators did

  • Monetary penaltie · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc The decision 7 May 2026
Every week

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