Weekly breach brief
Data breaches in the week of 12–18 October 2026
56 data breaches on the tracker, 48 confirmed by the organisation or a regulator.
- Breaches
- 56
- Notices in CA and WA
- 19
- Ransomware claims
- 326
- Largest
- 11.2M
The largest
- Burger King Japan 11,180,000 records Japan
- CPR (Danish national population register) 8,800,000 citizens Denmark
- Daiichi Kosho 8,000,000 customers Japan
- Crunchbase 559,908 accounts
- Sharecare 318,185 accounts United States
- Gîtes de France 117,574 accounts France
Every breach this week, by country
United States 45
- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 13 October 2026 · 1,062,060 Texas residents
- Sharecare 12 October 2026 · 318,185 accounts
- AssuranceAmerica Managing General Agency, LLC 16 October 2026 · 88,640 Texas residents
- Austin Independent School District 12 October 2026 · 44,652 Texas residents
- Klein Independent School District 16 October 2026 · 37,966 Texas residents
- The Krum Public Library 16 October 2026 · 34,042 Texas residents
- JM Bullion, Inc. 13 October 2026 · 6,640 Texas residents
- Mercadien PC Certified Public Accountants 13 October 2026 · 5,219 Texas residents
- Stitch Connect Inc 16 October 2026 · 4,062 Texas residents
- Encore Enterprises 16 October 2026 · 1,746 Texas residents
- Terrell Independent School District 12 October 2026 · 1,672 Texas residents
- Delek US Energy, Inc. 16 October 2026 · 1,666 Texas residents
- Porter and Company 13 October 2026 · 1,620 Texas residents
- MLD Mortgage Inc. dba The Money Store 15 October 2026 · 1,367 Texas residents
- Magna Hospitality Group 13 October 2026 · 1,298 Texas residents
- Iroquois Memorial Hospital 14 October 2026 · 1,279 Texas residents
- American Board of Preventive Medicine 13 October 2026 · 955 Texas residents
- EnTrans Holding, Inc. 13 October 2026 · 839 Texas residents
- JM Bozeman Enterprises 12 October 2026 · 602 Texas residents
- Arkansas Hospice Inc. d/b/a LifeTouch Health 13 October 2026 · 564 Texas residents
- The City of Mt. Angel 13 October 2026 · 471 Oregon residents
- Mountrail County Medical Center 16 October 2026 · 456 Texas residents
- American Board of Preventative Medicine 14 October 2026 · 352 Vermont residents
- The Way to My Heart Inc. (Global PAD Association) 18 October 2026 · 7 Vermont residents
- Kymberlie McNicholas 17 October 2026 · 7 Vermont residents
- Catawba County 17 October 2026 · 4 Vermont residents
- Rossby Financial LLC d/b/a Toler Financial group 13 October 2026 · 4 Vermont residents
- BBC International LLC 16 October 2026 · 3 Vermont residents
- Johnson Investment Counsel 16 October 2026 · 2 Vermont residents
- fairlife, LLC 15 October 2026 · 2 Vermont residents
- Murray County 13 October 2026 · 2 Vermont residents
- Ganxxet, Inc. 16 October 2026 · 1 Vermont residents
- Frazer LLP 16 October 2026
- Covered California 16 October 2026
- Inner City Education Foundation 16 October 2026
- CDE 16 October 2026
- John G. Yphantides, a Professional Law Corporation 16 October 2026
- Neuro Wellness Spa 16 October 2026
- City of Foster City 15 October 2026
- BDG Law Group 14 October 2026
- Kern County Superintendent of Schools 14 October 2026
- Tulare Joint Union High School District 13 October 2026
- Park Dental Partners, Inc. 13 October 2026
- Mercadien, P.C. CPAs 12 October 2026
- Xandr 12 October 2026
Japan 3
- Burger King Japan reported 17 October 2026 · 11,180,000 records
- Daiichi Kosho reported 12 October 2026 · 8,000,000 customers
- Nikkei 16 October 2026
United Kingdom 2
- Legal Aid Agency reported 15 October 2026
- Isle of Wight Council reported 15 October 2026
Denmark 1
- CPR (Danish national population register) reported 15 October 2026 · 8,800,000 citizens
Country being checked 1
- Crunchbase 14 October 2026 · 559,908 accounts
France 1
- Gîtes de France 18 October 2026 · 117,574 accounts
Netherlands 1
- Martini Hotel Group reported 16 October 2026 · 15 guests
Canada 1
- Save-On-Foods reported 17 October 2026
Indonesia 1
- Tokopedia reported 13 October 2026
Ransomware claims
Gangs named 326 organisations on their leak sites this week, against 264 the week before. A claim is the gang’s word, not a confirmed breach.
- N0n 84 claims
- The Gentlemen 42 claims
- Qilin 29 claims
- Wallstreet 15 claims
- LockBit 5.0 10 claims
- Akira 9 claims
What regulators did
- Reprimand · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · Ogi Networks Limited The decision 14 October 2026
- Reprimand · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · Local Government Data Unit - Wales The decision 14 October 2026
Every week
- 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 67 data breaches so far
- 19–25 October 2026 80 data breaches
- 12–18 October 2026 56 data breaches
- 5–11 October 2026 48 data breaches
- 28 Sept – 4 Oct 2026 68 data breaches
- 21–27 September 2026 62 data breaches
- 14–20 September 2026 57 data breaches
- 7–13 September 2026 33 data breaches
- 31 Aug – 6 Sept 2026 49 data breaches
- 24–30 August 2026 52 data breaches
- 17–23 August 2026 53 data breaches
- 10–16 August 2026 42 data breaches
- 3–9 August 2026 22 data breaches
- 27 Jul – 2 Aug 2026 26 data breaches
- 20–26 July 2026 7 data breaches
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