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2026 Data Breaches Year-to-Date

2026 continues the year-over-year growth trend in confirmed disclosures. The list below updates as new breaches are reported by Verizon DBIR partners and major security news outlets.

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Countries
+104%
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2026 Data Breaches Year-to-Date (2933 indexed)

critical · other · Aug 14, 2026

Shell Global

89GB engineering and facility data exfiltrated by Cl0p

View incident → Indexed 1 week, 4 days ago
high · healthcare · Aug 14, 2026

NHS

STILL, NHS? Martin Bagot reports: The NHS has admitted a data breach by sending patients’ personal information over pager devices. A BBC investigation found sensitive medical data of transplant patients was routinely sen

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 1 week, 4 days ago