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
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients affected; largest 2026 US health breach exposed SSNs and dental/vision health info
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Instructure Canvas
Education · Records not stated
ShinyHunters breach affected 275 million educational platform users; supply chain incident
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas (Instructure)
Education · Records not stated
Data breach after ransomware attack; appears payment was made to threat actors
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
ANC (African National Congress)
Sector not stated · Records not stated
2 million private member records exposed by hacker group for sale
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools and universities nationwide; extortion attack
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
Network breach exposed SSNs and dental/vision health records of 15 million people
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Idaho State University
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack disrupted finals week and affected thousands of other schools
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools nationwide; data extortion attack
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
7-Eleven
Retail · Records not stated
Data breach compromised current, former, and prospective franchisees' detailed application packages in Canada and US
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
UC Berkeley
Education · 600,000 records
ShinyHunters stole 600K records from Canvas learning management platform (bCourses)
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Atrium Health Navicent
Healthcare · Records not stated
Patient records system data breach exposing patient records and personal information
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
NYC Health + Hospitals
Healthcare · 1,800,000 records
Hackers stole medical data, fingerprints and biometrics from at least 1.8 million people
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Foxconn
Technology · Records not stated
Cyberattack on North American facilities with claims of stolen Apple and Nvidia data
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted in largest healthcare breach of 2026; cyberattack occurred in May
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Education · Records not stated
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
Ransomware attack affecting thousands of schools, disrupting finals week and operations
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients affected; Social Security numbers and dental/vision health information exposed in May breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Foxconn
Technology · Records not stated
Ransomware cyberattack affecting Apple iPhone manufacturing operations
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Learning management platform breach affected schools nationwide; data extortion attack disrupted classes
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Metabase
Technology · Records not stated
ShinyHunters claimed hack days after zero-day disclosure exposed connected databases
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Data breach
Healthcare · Records not stated
Data breach exposed SSNs and medical records
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Education · Records not stated
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
Ransomware attack disrupted finals week across thousands of educational institutions
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland Education (Schools)
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers' data exposed in education technology breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Education · Records not stated
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
Ransomware attack disrupted finals week at thousands of schools including ISU
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Education · Records not stated
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
Tens of thousands of students and teachers caught in major cyber breach of education technology system
1 May 2026
Were you affected?