Privacy Unpacked

Weekly breach brief

Data breaches in the week of 6–12 July 2026

49 data breaches on the tracker, 49 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.

Breaches
49
Notices in CA and WA
6
Ransomware claims
241
Largest
821,100

The largest

  1. Fluke Corporation 821,100 accounts United States
  2. Erie Family Health Centers 483,245 people United States
  3. Heart Care Centers of Illinois 52,562 people United States
  4. First Financial Holdings LLC 35,693 people United States
  5. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 33,156 people United States
  6. The Estee Lauder Companies 31,859 people United States

Every breach this week, by country

United States 49

Ransomware claims

Gangs named 241 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 187 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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