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.

5,319
Disclosures in the tracker, all years
2,034
Of those, indexed in 2026
87
Added in October
21
Added in the last 7 days
7
Sectors covered

Source: LeakTrace disclosure tracker, 22 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.

72 incidents from 9 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. Canada21 Oct 2026Canadian Crime Stoppers AssociationHow they got in: a supplier or vendor that was compromised first.CBC News
  2. Canada19 Oct 2026City of HamiltonThe source does not say how they got in.CBC
  3. Canada17 Oct 2026More RewardsThe source does not say how they got in.CTV News
  4. Canada16 Oct 2026McMurray MétisHow they got in: email made to look like it came from a trusted sender.Yahoo News Canada
  5. Canada14 Oct 2026Nova Scotia minor hockey communityHow they got in: email made to look like it came from a trusted sender.PNI Atlantic News
High2 May 2026
ZenBusiness
Finance · 5,118,184 records
5,118,184 records exposed, Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers
2 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Canvas (Instructure)
Education · 275,000,000 records
ShinyHunters breached Canvas, affecting schools nationwide and threatening to leak data involving 275 million people. Parent company later struck a deal with hackers to delete the data.
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Instructure (Canvas)
Education · 275,000,000 records
ShinyHunters stole data from the Canvas learning platform, affecting schools nationwide; threatened leak of data involving 275 million records. Parent company struck a deal to delete the data.
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Instructure (Canvas)
Education · 275,000,000 records
Canvas platform breach affected schools nationwide; ShinyHunters claimed 275M records. Parent company struck a deal with hackers to delete the stolen data.
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas (Education Platform)
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack shut down education platform used by thousands of US universities and K-12 schools during finals week
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack shut down education platform used by US universities and K-12 schools
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Instructure Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Canvas learning management system breach affected millions of students' personal data
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack shut down education platform used by thousands of schools during finals week
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Atrium Health Navicent
Healthcare · Records not stated
Patient records system breach potentially exposed patient records and personal information
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted in largest healthcare data breach of 2026; dental benefits administrator breached in May
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Ongoing data extortion attack on education technology platform affecting schools nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted, largest healthcare data breach of 2026, occurred in May
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Education technology platform targeted by data extortion attack affecting schools nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Foxconn
Technology · Records not stated
Ransomware attack; hackers stole 8 terabytes of data from electronics manufacturer
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack shut down education platform used by thousands of universities and K-12 schools during finals week
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas (education platform)
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack shut down platform used by thousands of schools and universities
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Data extortion attack on education platform disrupted schools and colleges nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
NYC Health and Hospitals
Healthcare · 1,800,000 records
Breach exposed medical records, fingerprints, and geolocation data of 1.8M people; attackers had access 2+ months
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Atrium Health Navicent
Healthcare · Records not stated
Patient records system experienced data breach exposing patient records and personal information
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Foxconn
Technology · Records not stated
Ransomware group stole 8 terabytes of data from electronics manufacturer
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
Cyberattack in May 2026 impacted 15 million patients, largest healthcare breach of 2026
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Data extortion attack affecting education technology platform disrupted classes nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted; largest healthcare data breach of 2026
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Google Gemini AI
Technology · Records not stated
AI breach affecting three companies in May confirmed after 4-month delay in disclosure
1 May 2026
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