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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.

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Government Data Breaches (11597 indexed)

medium · education · Aug 2, 2026

Abbey Nutter

Abbey Nutter reports: Sumner County Schools is still working through a reported network breach that forced the district to delay the start of the 2026-27 school year, officials told Main Street Media. The district report

critical · other · Aug 2, 2026

Guru Baran

Guru Baran reports: Brinks Home, one of North America’s largest residential security providers, has confirmed that hackers breached its IT systems after the notorious ShinyHunters extortion group claimed responsibility f