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. United Kingdom16 Oct 2026Southville Primary School (Bristol City Council area)The source does not say how they got in.Hits Radio (West of England)
Critical1 May 2026
ANC (African National Congress)
Government · Records not stated
Data breach exposed 2 million private member records sold by hacker group
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Conduent
Healthcare · 62,200,000 records
62.2 million records exposed, third-largest US healthcare breach ever
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patient records stolen in largest healthcare data breach of 2026 (May incident)
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Instructure (Canvas)
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack on Canvas learning management system affecting thousands of schools nationwide
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools nationwide from ransomware attack and extortion
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted in largest healthcare breach of 2026, second-largest dental benefits administrator in U.S.
1 May 2026
Medium1 May 2026
7-Eleven
Retail · Records not stated
Unauthorized third party gained access to systems storing franchisee documents in confirmed data breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools nationwide; extortion attack on education platform
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Instructure (Canvas platform)
Education · Records not stated
Supply chain breach driving 58% of all breach notices in 2026
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
Second-largest dental benefits administrator breached; 15M patients impacted in largest 2026 healthcare breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
West Pharmaceutical Services
Healthcare · Records not stated
Ransomware attack forced systems offline globally, disrupting operations
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas (Instructure)
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack shut down education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across US, impacting thousands of students during finals week
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools and colleges nationwide, with data extortion attack
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted in largest healthcare breach of 2026
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
African National Congress (ANC)
Sector not stated · Records not stated
2 million private member records exposed and sold by hacker group on dark web
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools and colleges nationwide; causes exam postponements
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
DentaQuest
Healthcare · 15,000,000 records
15 million patients impacted; largest healthcare data breach of 2026, breached in May
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
7-Eleven
Retail · Records not stated
Data breach confirmed after ShinyHunters claims; documents related to franchises compromised
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools and colleges nationwide; University of Illinois and Illinois State University impacted
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
7-Eleven
Retail · Records not stated
Data breach confirmed; hackers breached system storing franchise-related documents
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
African National Congress (ANC)
Sector not stated · Records not stated
Data breach exposed 2 million private member records offered for sale by hacker group
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Idaho State University
Education · Records not stated
Ransomware attack disrupted operations and finals week at the university and thousands of other schools
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Canvas
Education · Records not stated
Massive data breach affecting schools nationwide, disrupted classes and coursework at universities
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland Schools
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of students and teachers affected in one of most significant education tech breaches
1 May 2026
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