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.

5,339
Disclosures in the tracker, all years
2,052
Of those, indexed in 2026
111
Added in October
18
Added in the last 7 days
7
Sectors covered

Source: LeakTrace disclosure tracker, 25 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.

74 incidents from 11 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. France20 Oct 2026US tax preparation businessesThe source does not say how they got in.The Record
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
Critical1 May 2026
Canvas (Instructure)
Education · 275,000,000 records
Ransomware attack affecting 275M records from education platform used by schools nationwide
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Data extortion attack 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 1.8 million people
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Foxconn
Technology · Records not stated
Ransomware attack on North American facilities with claims of stolen Apple and Nvidia data, 8TB stolen
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Data extortion attack on education technology platform disrupting schools and colleges nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15M patients impacted in largest healthcare data breach of 2026; May 2026 incident
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Canvas (Instructure)
Education · 275,000,000 records
ShinyHunters breached educational platform; 275M records exposed affecting schools nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · 275,000,000 records
ShinyHunters breach exposed 275 million records from educational platform affecting schools nationwide
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
NYC Health + Hospitals
Healthcare · 1,800,000 records
Hackers stole biometric data including fingerprints and medical data from 1.8 million people. Network access lasted over 2 months before detection.
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Queensland schools (education technology)
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers affected in major global education technology data breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Iliad Italia
Technology · Records not stated
Customer records, device registration, and subscription data offered for sale on dark web
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Healthcare · 900,000 records
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
NHS staff inappropriately accessed medical records of Southport attack victims; breach not disclosed for nearly two years
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
ANC (African National Congress)
Sector not stated · Records not stated
Hacker group exposed 2 million private member records for sale
1 May 2026
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