Federal agencies, state governments, municipalities, and public-sector contractors have become priority targets for nation-state actors and ransomware groups. Below is every government-sector breach LeakTrace has indexed.
Rob White reports: A major pensions administrator is under investigation after admitting its second data breach in three years, the Government has confirmed. Capita, which runs the Civil Service Pension Scheme, confirmed
Hackers linked to Russia's military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today. The spying campaign
144,250 records exposed — Avatars, Display names, Email addresses
AWS cloud breach exposes hundreds of GB including databases from Europa.eu platform
Defense program documents and 180K employee records exposed via subcontractor email compromise
272K armed forces personnel payroll records exposed via compromised third-party payroll system
580K citizen records from health and education systems exposed via MOVEit successor exploit
920K citizen records from provincial MyAlberta Digital ID system exposed
890K resident records from municipal services portal exposed in CL0P supply chain attack
950K address and package tracking records exposed via third-party logistics vendor breach
105,814 records exposed — Email addresses, Purchases, Usernames
French small and medium businesses remained the organizations most targeted by ransomware in 2025
420K immigration applicant records accessed via compromised case management portal
2.4M drivers license records exposed via compromised address verification contractor
430K defense contractor employee records and clearance data compromised via vendor
670K taxpayer records exposed via compromised e-filing integration at provincial revenue agency
Sensitive court transcripts compromised after Indian subcontractor breach — ignored warnings
640K customer billing records exposed via compromised metering data system
1.8M taxpayer records exposed via compromised e-filing software vendor
1.4M citizen records from provincial health and education systems compromised
Defense subcontractor breach exposes classified program metadata and personnel clearance records
890K unemployment claimant records exposed via compromised benefits administration portal
340K customer utility records exposed via compromised billing system vendor
340K defense and aerospace employee records exposed via LockBit 3.0 ransomware