Data Breaches 2024-2026
Comprehensive database of major data breaches. Track incidents by industry, attack vector, and records affected. Updated regularly with verified sources.
Last updated: May 28, 2026
Key Insights from 2024-2026
Breach Database
Home security provider breach exposed names, phone numbers, and addresses; ShinyHunters claimed more than 10 million records while Have I Been Pwned measured the leaked dataset at 5.5 million people.
ShinyHunters claimed theft of up to 9 million records from the medical device maker's corporate systems, part of the group's wider Salesforce-linked extortion campaign targeting enterprise CRM data.
France's national ID document agency confirmed 11.7 million citizen accounts exposed—names, emails, birthdates, and addresses—after attackers accessed its online portal; a teenage suspect was later detained.
Education publisher breach via a misconfigured Salesforce environment exposed names, emails, addresses, and phone numbers of roughly 13.5 million customers.
Threat actor 'Mr. Raccoon' claimed access to 13 million support tickets, 15,000 employee records, and internal documents after compromising a third-party BPO vendor handling Adobe customer support.
The largest US public health system breach of the year exposed medical records, government IDs, geolocation data, and fingerprint and palm-print biometrics of 1.8 million patients and staff via a third-party vendor; attackers had access for roughly 11 weeks.
Hackers uploaded 23 million records to a cybercrime forum, prompting the airline to notify customers that names, contact details, and loyalty program data may have been exposed.
A vishing campaign targeting single sign-on access compromised the parent of Hinge, Match, and OkCupid, exposing user IDs, emails, and transaction data for an estimated 10 million-plus accounts.
ShinyHunters published corporate documents and roughly 2 million customer records after extortion demands tied to the Salesforce supply-chain campaign went unpaid.
The Everest ransomware gang leveraged a November 2025 intrusion to leak roughly 72 million customer records including names, emails, birthdates, and purchase history.
Texas hospital hacking incident exposed the personal and protected health information of more than 2.5 million individuals.
Employee benefits administrator breach between December 2025 and January 2026 exposed names, SSNs, dates of birth, and benefits data of over 2.1 million people.
The Crimson Collective claimed theft of broadband customer data—names, emails, phone numbers, and billing details—affecting more than 1 million subscribers of the telecom provider.
Unauthorized access to an ancillary service dashboard exposed the email addresses of more than 28 million users of the music streaming platform.
An unpatched SonicWall firewall vulnerability let attackers reach the automotive credit-services provider's systems, exposing names, SSNs, dates of birth, and addresses of about 5.6 million dealership customers.
A compromised vendor account at the hospice care provider exposed medical information, SSNs, and next-of-kin details of more than 300,000 patients.
South Korea's largest online retailer disclosed that a former employee used unrevoked cryptographic signing keys to access names, phone numbers, emails, and addresses of 33.7 million members; Coupang pledged $1.17 billion in customer compensation.
Attackers stole OAuth tokens from Salesloft's Drift integration to query roughly 1.5 billion records across 760 Salesforce customer organizations—including Google, Cloudflare, Workday, and dozens of security vendors—in one of the largest SaaS supply-chain breaches on record.
Connecticut's largest healthcare provider suffered a network intrusion exposing patient names, SSNs, medical record numbers, and demographic information for over 5.5 million individuals.
Hertz customer data including driver's licenses and SSNs were stolen via Cleo file transfer vulnerabilities exploited by Cl0p ransomware gang between October-December 2024.
2024-2026 Breach Analysis
Major Trends
If 2024 was the year of the Snowflake supply-chain campaign, 2025-2026 belongs to SaaS supply-chain extortion, identity-based social engineering, and the insider threat—alongside the relentless ransomware and healthcare targeting that never let up.
1. SaaS Supply-Chain Extortion Goes Mainstream
The ShinyHunters campaign weaponized trusted SaaS integrations: stolen OAuth tokens from Salesloft's Drift chatbot were used to query roughly 1.5 billion records across 760+ Salesforce customer orgs, including Google, Cloudflare, and dozens of security vendors. The group then ran a months-long extortion operation through early 2026, hitting Adobe (13M support tickets), McGraw Hill (13.5M), Medtronic (9M), and Crunchbase (2M). One vendor's breach is now everyone's breach.
2. Identity Is the New Perimeter
Attackers increasingly skip malware entirely. Vishing (voice phishing) crews tricked help desks and employees into surrendering SSO and MFA access—compromising Match Group's dating apps (10M+) and abusing Okta-style single sign-on. Coupang's 33.7M-record breach came from a former employee who retained unrevoked cryptographic signing keys, a stark reminder that offboarding and key rotation are frontline security controls.
3. Healthcare Still Under Siege
Healthcare breaches averaged $10.93M in costs—highest of any industry. The 2026 wave reached deeper into sensitive data: NYC Health + Hospitals (1.8M) exposed fingerprint and palm-print biometrics via a third-party vendor, while Nacogdoches Memorial (2.5M), Navia Benefit Solutions (2.1M), and 700Credit (5.6M) show how business associates and vendors remain the soft underbelly. HIPAA penalties compound the financial damage.
Attack Vector Distribution
- Ransomware: 17 incidents (26%)
- Third-Party/Supply Chain: 20 incidents
- Exploitation: 11 incidents
- Misconfiguration: 4 incidents
Lessons for Organizations
- Third-party risk is your risk: Audit vendor security controls and the SaaS integrations that hold OAuth tokens to your data. The weakest link in your supply chain becomes your breach.
- Identity is the attack surface: Train help desks against vishing, enforce phishing-resistant MFA, and rotate or revoke credentials and signing keys the moment an employee leaves.
- Detection speed matters: Average detection time is 277 days. Organizations that contain breaches under 200 days save 54% on costs.
- Ransomware requires preparation: Have offline backups, incident response plans, and never pay without expert consultation.
- Healthcare needs specialized security: PHI and biometric exposure carry maximum regulatory and reputational damage.
- Basic security hygiene fails: Many breaches exploit unpatched systems, weak credentials, and misconfigured cloud services.
Don't Become a Statistic
The average breach costs $4.45M and takes 277 days to detect. Prepare your incident response plan now—before you need it.
Data Sources
Breach information compiled from: HIPAA Journal, BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, SecurityWeek, Malwarebytes Labs, HHS OCR breach portal, state Attorney General breach notifications, company disclosures, and Have I Been Pwned. All data verified against multiple sources where possible. Records affected are based on official disclosures or credible estimates; incidents still under investigation may reflect threat-actor claims pending confirmation.