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.
Censys researchers found 5,219 exposed Rockwell PLCs online, mostly in the U.S., urging defenders to secure or disconnect them. On April 7, 2026, U.S. agencies, including FBI, CISA, and NSA, warned of Iran-linked APTs ex
German police have pinned a name to one of the world’s most notorious hackers. Danii Shchukin operated under the names of UNKN or Unknown and GandCrab and was, according to German police, the leader of one of the largest
When voters in the forthcoming Hungarian election assess the current government, its record on internet security will not be one of its proudest achievements. An analysis by open source investigation organization Bell
A Russian attack submarine and vessels from the country’s Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research (GUGI) were involved in what the UK Ministry of Defence called “nefarious activity over critical undersea infrastructure els
Rob White reports: A major pensions administrator is under investigation after admitting its second data breach in three years, the Government has confirmed. Capita, which runs the Civil Service Pension Scheme, confirmed
Isaac Yee reports: A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data – including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics – from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could potentially
Hackers linked to Russia's military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today. The spying campaign
144,250 records exposed — Avatars, Display names, Email addresses
AWS cloud breach exposes hundreds of GB including databases from Europa.eu platform
Defense program documents and 180K employee records exposed via subcontractor email compromise
272K armed forces personnel payroll records exposed via compromised third-party payroll system
580K citizen records from health and education systems exposed via MOVEit successor exploit
920K citizen records from provincial MyAlberta Digital ID system exposed
890K resident records from municipal services portal exposed in CL0P supply chain attack
950K address and package tracking records exposed via third-party logistics vendor breach
105,814 records exposed — Email addresses, Purchases, Usernames
French small and medium businesses remained the organizations most targeted by ransomware in 2025
420K immigration applicant records accessed via compromised case management portal
2.4M drivers license records exposed via compromised address verification contractor
430K defense contractor employee records and clearance data compromised via vendor
Sensitive court transcripts compromised after Indian subcontractor breach — ignored warnings
670K taxpayer records exposed via compromised e-filing integration at provincial revenue agency
640K customer billing records exposed via compromised metering data system
1.8M taxpayer records exposed via compromised e-filing software vendor