Weekly briefing No. 41 published 4 Oct 2026
Intelligence · Disclosure tracker

Every public disclosure, dated and sourced.

Public breach disclosures from regulators, court filings, company notices and news reporting, each recorded with its date and a link to the original. Updated daily.

5,305
Disclosures in the tracker, all years
2,019
Of those, indexed in 2026
66
Added in October
18
Added in the last 7 days
7
Sectors covered

Source: LeakTrace disclosure tracker, 19 Oct 2026. Counts of records in the index, not estimates. Software advisories and security news are not counted.

Worldwide · How they got in

Incidents worldwide, by country.

65 incidents from 12 countries in the last 90 days, each from a public source and reviewed before it is shown. Where the source says how the attackers got in, the row says so.

  1. Australia19 Oct 2026Poole GroupThe source does not say how they got in.Accountants Daily
  2. Australia16 Oct 2026Chadwick SwitchboardsThe source does not say how they got in.Cyber Daily
Critical22 Sep 2026
LimeLeads
Government · 17,838,396 records
17,838,396 records exposed, Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Job titles and 1 more
22 Sep 2026
Medium21 Sep 2026
BigCommerce
Retail · Records not stated
Ecommerce platform BigCommerce has alerted multiple merchants to data breaches after attackers compromised credentials for third-party Ribon applications and used them to inject malicious scripts into online stores.
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Woodfords Family Services
Healthcare · Records not stated
Ransomware attack affecting patients and families
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
DISA Global Solutions
Sector not stated · 3,300,000 records
3.3 million people affected by data breach
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Monroe University
Education · 320,000 records
320K+ records exposed in hacker attack
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Free Mobile
Technology · Records not stated
Major data theft, fined €49 million by French CNIL
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Dell
Technology · Records not stated
Data breach with sensitive user data exposed
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Sax
Finance · Records not stated
Top US accounting firm discloses 2024 data breach impacting 220,000
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Columbia University
Education · 860,000 records
Data breach impacts 860,000 individuals
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Harvard
Education · Records not stated
Data breach impacting limited number of parties
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Covenant Health
Healthcare · 480,000 records
Data breach impacting nearly 480,000 people
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Kaplan
Education · Records not stated
Education company data breach impacting multiple people
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
TransUnion
Finance · 4,400,000 records
Data breach impacting over 4.4 million people
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Estée Lauder
Retail · Records not stated
Data breach via Oracle E-Business Suite flaw
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
CHC
Healthcare · 1,000,000 records
US healthcare provider breach impacting 1 million patients
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Novocure
Healthcare · Records not stated
Data breach affecting more than 1,400 cancer patients
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Unlimited Technology Systems
Sector not stated · 3,800,000 records
Data breach impacting 3.8 million people
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Ticketmaster via Snowflake
Technology · 560,000,000 records
Massive 2024 cyberattack campaign affecting at least 100 million people across 165 companies including Ticketmaster
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Cell C
Technology · Records not stated
South African telecom provider confirmed data breach following 2024 cyberattack
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Ransomware attack
Healthcare · 1,200,000 records
Ransomware attack exposed personal data of 1.2 million individuals
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Marquis Software Solutions
Finance · Records not stated
Ransomware attack exposed 788,000 financial records including names, addresses, card numbers
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
AT&T
Technology · 109,000,000 records
Two separate incidents exposed data from over 100 million customers in 2024
21 Sep 2026
High21 Sep 2026
Essex NHS Trust
Healthcare · 900,000 records
NHS trust breach: thousands of patient records stolen in cyber attack, disclosed 6+ months after notification
21 Sep 2026
Critical21 Sep 2026
Veradigm
Healthcare · Records not stated
Electronic health records company: hackers infiltrated vendor systems and stole customer health data
21 Sep 2026
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