Data Breach Roundup (May 15 - 21, 2026)
This week had some particularly noteworthy breaches including facial recognition systems, fingerprint scans, and Trump Mobile.
This week had some particularly noteworthy breaches including facial recognition systems, fingerprint scans, and Trump Mobile.
This week featured some high-risk breaches including banks, cars, and water utilities.
The Canvas breach quickly became the biggest hack of the week, but a couple others slipped under the radar.
A security company, two medtech companies, a video streaming service, and an older attack we missed last week compromise this week's data breach headlines.
A popular app-infrastructure provider, an important French government agency, a watchmaker, and a cosmetics giant make up this week's confirmed data breaches.
This week saw yet another breach from Booking.com, education giant McGraw-Hill, freelancing job board Fiverr, and many more.
It was a slow week, though we did still see a high-profile breach of a startup that provides training data for AI which likely continue to be talked about for a while.
FBI Director Kash Patel's emails, heath tech companies, and the European Commission are some of this week's most notable data breaches.
This week saw breaches from anime streaming service Crunchyroll, carmaker Mazda, cybersecurity company HackerOne, and a new hacker group called "Internet Yiff Machine." No, really.
Once more from the "irony" department: an "identity protection" company falling for a phishing attack.
This was a busy week for data breaches featuring Starbucks, Loblaw, DOGE, and many more.
A lighter than normal week, but still we saw LexisNexis, a global paint maker, and more get hit, plus an update to the UH Cancer Center's breach.
PayPal, the French bank registry, the Mexican tax authority, and more big names were hit this week.
A sex toy maker, a fintech giant, a pharmacy, a luxury brand, and more.
The Netherlands' top ISP/telecom provider, the European Commission, a European identity verification service, and many more on this week's unexpected data breach victims.
Panera Bread, Coinbase, games, and photo booth are among this week's breaches.
This week saw a massive leak from a likely infostealer database, two AI products, an app to help users quit porn, and updates to Soundcloud and the French unemployment agency.
You have to admire the audacity of someone who posts on Instagram as "ihackthegovernment"
A data breach forum having a breach, an investment platform sweeping theirs under the rug, major shipping company ignoring disclosures, and more.
From cryptocurrency to healthcare, 2026 seems set to bring us more of the same breaches.
WIRED, crypto, and 2026's first candidate for "cascading data breach"