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.

5,344
Disclosures in the tracker, all years
2,057
Of those, indexed in 2026
118
Added in October
15
Added in the last 7 days
7
Sectors covered

Source: LeakTrace disclosure tracker, 26 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. Japan22 Oct 2026CapcomThe source does not say how they got in.BleepingComputer
  2. Japan19 Oct 2026Nikkei Inc.How they got in: stolen or reused passwords.BleepingComputer
  3. Japan16 Oct 2026Burger King JapanThe source does not say how they got in.Security Affairs
  4. Japan16 Oct 2026BK JapanThe source does not say how they got in.SecurityWeek
  5. Japan16 Oct 2026Al Jazeera Media NetworkHow they got in: a supplier or vendor that was compromised first.BleepingComputer
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
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 schools including ISU
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland Schools (EdTech)
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of students and teachers affected in major education technology breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland Schools/Education Technology Provider
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers data compromised in major 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.
Tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers affected in significant education technology breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Partnered Health (Australian)
Healthcare · Records not stated
Personal information and medical details of patients at 21 clinics breached
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Huntsville Hospital Health System
Healthcare · Records not stated
Patient personal health information compromised in third-party vendor breach
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland schools education technology
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers affected in major education technology breach
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Healthcare · 1,260,000 records
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
1.26 million patients exposed in PEAR ransomware attack on medical billing company
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Mediaworks
Sector not stated · Records not stated
Ransomware group breach exposed significant amount of data from Hungarian media firm
1 May 2026
Medium1 May 2026
Evanston Township High School
Education · Records not stated
Cyberattack disrupted phone systems for over a week
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland schools (Australian edtech)
Education · Records not stated
Major cyber breach affecting tens of thousands of students and teachers in one of most significant global education tech breaches
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Queensland schools (education technology)
Education · Records not stated
Tens of thousands of students and teachers affected in one of most significant global education technology data breaches
1 May 2026
Critical1 May 2026
ANC
Sector not stated · Records not stated
2 million private member records of African National Congress exposed by hacker group
1 May 2026
High1 May 2026
Organisation not named
Healthcare · Records not stated
The disclosure as indexed does not name the organisation.
Medical records including Medicare numbers and pathology results exposed on dark web
1 May 2026
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