Privacy Unpacked

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

  1. Burger King Japan 11,180,000 records Japan
  2. CPR (Danish national population register) 8,800,000 citizens Denmark
  3. Daiichi Kosho 8,000,000 customers Japan
  4. Crunchbase 559,908 accounts
  5. Sharecare 318,185 accounts United States
  6. Gîtes de France 117,574 accounts France

Every breach this week, by country

United States 45

Japan 3

United Kingdom 2

Denmark 1

Country being checked 1

France 1

Netherlands 1

Canada 1

Indonesia 1

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.

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

Follow the brief: one entry a week (Atom). The 2026 report has the year so far.

From the data breach tracker: official notices, breach databases and the news, every fact with its source. Open data (CC BY 4.0) · How the tracker works · Found a mistake? Tell us and we correct it.