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Data breach news on the Cybersecurity desk

GetYourBrief recorded 41 data breach news events on the Cybersecurity desk since February 2026, 7 of them in the last 30 days.

How often does it come up?

Data breach events per month on the Cybersecurity desk. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports. April 2026 and May 2026: the intake of reports was interrupted, so these months undercount; October 2026 is in progress.

The latest data breach news

  1. Sep 30 FBI says it is investigating breach of FBIJobs.gov data 2
  2. Sep 27 NHS trust removes 10 people amid concerns over data breach 2
  3. Sep 25 Bitget says suspected North Korean hackers stole $351.6 million 2
  4. Sep 23 ShinyHunters claims FBIjobs.gov breach, data on 5,000 agents and applicants 1
  5. Sep 14 bleepingcomputer.com: “Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports” 2
  6. Sep 7 bleepingcomputer.com: “Mathspace discloses data breach affecting over 1 million people” 2
  7. Aug 18 Law firm investigates USA DeBusk data breach claims 1
  8. Aug 13 kw3.com: “Chelan County Data Breach, What Information Was Exposed” 2
  9. Aug 7 siliconrepublic.com: “Levi Strauss corporate data stolen in cyberattack” 2
  10. Aug 3 IBM report puts 2026 average Middle East data breach cost at $8 million 2
  11. Aug 3 newkerala.com: “India Data Breach Cost Record Rs 25.5 Cr: IBM Report” 2
  12. Jul 15 Iowa to receive more than $439,000 in 23andMe settlement 1
  13. Jul 28 Researcher reports exposed database linked to Tribeca Festival 1
  14. Jul 27 Customer data from India's Bank of Baroda leaked online, source and researcher say 2
  15. Jul 22 Chick-fil-A says some loyalty account data exposed in breach 2
  16. Jul 18 thestar.com.my: “Colombia Ecopetrol says cyberattack stole data tied to 3, 300 accounts” 2
  17. Jun 17 Ghana cyber authority warns universities after Nottingham breach 1
  18. Jul 17 Trump alleges China compromised 220 million US voter files 2
  19. Jul 7 Reform asks NCA to investigate alleged leaks of private financial information 2
  20. Jun 29 NSW audit reports students accessed 2,000 school files 3
  21. Jun 30 Australian police charge two men over access to MP's banking data 3
  22. Jun 23 Edelson Lechtzin investigating Xsolis and Optimum First Mortgage data breaches 1
  23. Jun 23 Tata Electronics says it detected a cybersecurity incident 4
  24. Jun 23 wired.com: “Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed” 1
  25. Mar 18 Lawsuit filed against Ericsson over alleged US data breach 2
  26. Mar 10 toronto.citynews.ca: “Loblaw says some customers affected by data breach” 2

Who is named most?

  1. FBI 4
  2. ShinyHunters 4
  3. World Leaks 3
  4. Tata Electronics 3
  5. Edelson Lechtzin LLP 3
  6. OpenAI 2
  7. Anthropic 2
  8. Apple 2

Counted over the 40 events listed above. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).