Live disclosure tracker · updated continuously

Government Data Breaches

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.

98B+
Records Exposed
11239
Incidents
94+
Countries
+104%
Breach Velocity YoY
Browse by sector
All breaches Healthcare Finance Government Technology Retail Education Legal
Browse by year
2024 2025 2026 2026 Index

Government Data Breaches (11239 indexed)

critical · other · Aug 27, 2026

Carhartt data breach

The ShinyHunters extortion group has published sensitive data from nearly 13 million accounts stolen from clothing retailer giant Carhartt earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwn

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 4 days, 21 hours ago
medium · other · Aug 27, 2026

Manchester Airports Group

Gabriel Higgins reports: Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has confirmed that it has been the target of a cybersecurity incident carried out by an unauthorised third party, resulting in the exposure of a quantity of custom

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 4 days, 21 hours ago
high · tech · Aug 26, 2026

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft SQL Server contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the SQL Server Database Engine

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 5 days, 21 hours ago
medium · government · Aug 26, 2026

Microsoft

Microsoft is warning that the window for patching vulnerabilities is rapidly shrinking, as attackers move from disclosure to exploitation faster than enterprises can safely deploy fixes, and is urging organizations to ad

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 5 days, 21 hours ago
high · tech · Aug 26, 2026

Red Hat Libuser

Red Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability — Red Hat libuser contains a race condition vulnerability that allows authenticated local users to corrupt the /etc/passwd file to cause a denial of service or privilege escal

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 5 days, 21 hours ago
high · tech · Aug 26, 2026

Linux Kernel

Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability — Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds memory write vulnerability which could allow a local user to gain privileged access or cause a denial of service on the system.

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 5 days, 21 hours ago
medium · government · Aug 26, 2026

CISA

The agency has released guidance on reducing internet exposure in the wake of the recent Iran-linked hacker attacks. The post CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks appeared first on

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 5 days, 21 hours ago
medium · healthcare · Aug 26, 2026

Boston Scientific

Medical technology company Boston Scientific has been targeted in a cyberattack that disrupted some of its IT systems, causing operational disruptions globally. [...]

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 5 days, 21 hours ago
high · tech · Aug 25, 2026

Gitea Gitea

Gitea Code Injection Vulnerability — Gitea contains a code injection vulnerability that allows an attacker with repository write access to send a malicious patch to the diffpatch API endpoint to plant an executable Git h

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 6 days, 21 hours ago
critical · retail · Aug 25, 2026

Carhartt

12,933,413 records exposed — Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses

View incident → Indexed 6 days, 21 hours ago