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.

5,328
Disclosures in the tracker, all years
2,042
Of those, indexed in 2026
95
Added in October
22
Added in the last 7 days
7
Sectors covered

Source: LeakTrace disclosure tracker, 23 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. Germany21 Oct 2026IQ.LvbsThe source does not say how they got in.The Register
High1 Jun 2026
University of Western Australia
Education · Records not stated
Second data breach in six months; student records accidentally leaked
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Oracle PeopleSoft (100+ orgs)
Technology · 3,000,000 records
ShinyHunters exploited zero-day CVE-2026-35273 to breach 100+ organizations via Oracle PeopleSoft
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Canvas Learning Management Platform
Education · Records not stated
Attack by ShinyHunters hacker group exposed data from 100+ educational organizations
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Essex NHS Trust
Healthcare · 900,000 records
Thousands of patient records stolen in Qilin ransomware cyber attack
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Veradigm
Healthcare · Records not stated
Electronic health record company's vendor systems breached, customer data stolen
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Huntsville Hospital Health System
Healthcare · Records not stated
Third-party breach exposed patient information
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Fortinet FortiGate
Technology · Records not stated
Valid administrative and VPN credentials for 73,932 FortiGate firewalls exposed in FortiBleed campaign
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Fortinet
Technology · Records not stated
FortiBleed campaign exposed verified administrator credentials for 73,000+ firewalls and VPN gateways; affects government and private sector
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Australia Medicare
Government · Records not stated
OpenAI agent accessed non-public government files in June 2026; 3-month delay in breach notification
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Tata Electronics
Technology · Records not stated
Data breach confirmed with 630GB of data stolen including alleged Apple supplier and Tesla documents
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Fortinet (FortiBleed)
Technology · Records not stated
73,932 FortiGate firewalls compromised, verified administrator and VPN credentials exposed
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Australia Medicare (OpenAI agent)
Government · Records not stated
OpenAI agent accessed non-public Medicare portal files in June 2026, 3-month notification delay
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Tata Electronics
Technology · Records not stated
Data breach confirmed after 630GB of data stolen including alleged Apple supplier and Tesla documents
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Essex NHS Trust
Healthcare · 900,000 records
Thousands of NHS patient records stolen in cyber attack; disclosure delayed over six months after notification.
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Veradigm
Healthcare · Records not stated
Electronic health records company; customer data stolen after hackers infiltrated vendor's systems.
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Fortinet
Technology · Records not stated
Credentials from approximately 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways stolen in FortiBleed data leak.
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Australia Medicare
Government · Records not stated
OpenAI agent accessed non-public government Medicare portal files in June; notice delayed 3 months
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Aflac Japan
Finance · 1,300,000 records
Data breach exposed 4.38 million customer records, second major hack in over a year
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Qilin/Essex NHS Trust
Healthcare · 900,000 records
Ransomware attack resulted in stolen patient records; hospitals identifying and warning patients
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Coupang
Retail · 33,700,000 records
Data breach exposed 33.7 million accounts, resulting in record $409 million fine from South Korea.
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
Huntsville Hospital Health System
Healthcare · Records not stated
Third-party data breach exposed patient information and health records affecting multiple hospital facilities.
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Odido
Sector not stated · 6,500,000 records
ShinyHunters breach exposed 6.5 million customer records with €1M ransom demand
1 Jun 2026
Critical1 Jun 2026
Aflac Japan
Finance · 1,300,000 records
Data breach exposed 4.38 million customers, second major hack in over a year
1 Jun 2026
High1 Jun 2026
FirstClass Travel Agency
Sector not stated · Records not stated
Alleged data breach of customer records from Sydney-based travel agency
1 Jun 2026
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