Data Breach News, News
January 13, 2026
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Whistleblower drops ‘largest ever’ ICE leak to unmask agents: ‘The last straw’

RawStory reports: A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department. The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week in Minneapolis has prompted the leak of personnel date […]

Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure
January 13, 2026
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Spanish energy giant Endesa discloses data breach affecting customers

BleepingComputer reports: Spanish energy provider Endesa and its Energía XXI operator are notifying customers that hackers accessed the company’s systems and accessed contract-related information, which includes personal details. Endesa is the largest electric utility company in Spain, now owned by Enel Group, that distributes gas and electricity to more than 10 million customers in Spain and Portugal. […]

Data Breach News
January 13, 2026
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Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers send fake crypto scam notification to users

TechCrunch reports: Automated investment platform Betterment has confirmed that hackers broke into some of its systems last week and accessed the personal information of an undisclosed number of its customers.  In an email sent on Monday, which TechCrunch has seen, Betterment said that hackers gained access to some company systems on January 9 by way of a […]

Data Breach News, News
January 12, 2026
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BreachForums Database of 323,986 BreachForums Users Leaked

As seen on HackRead: Resecurity, which shared its research with Hackread.com, found that the leaked file contains information on 323,986 users, including their “metadata extracted from MySQL DB,” which is basically a digital footprint that could help identify the people behind the screens. The database was published on shinyhunte.rs, a site that has previously hosted stolen […]

Data Breach News, News
January 12, 2026
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Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak

The Register reports: Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate password reset emails, but denied the problem led to theft of users’ personal information. Last Friday, security software vendor Malwarebytes claimed “Cybercriminals stole the sensitive information of 17.5 million Instagram accounts, including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, […]

Data Breach News
January 12, 2026
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Patients notified months after Canopy Healthcare cyber incident

DigWatch reports: Canopy Healthcare, one of New Zealand’s largest private medical oncology providers, has disclosed a data breach affecting patient and staff information, six months after the incident occurred. The company said an unauthorised party accessed part of its administration systems on 18 July 2025, copying a ‘small’ amount of data. Affected information may include patient records, […]

Data Breach News, News
January 08, 2026
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Hackers abuse Google Cloud to send trusted phishing emails

Fox News reports: Cybercriminals have found a clever new way to get phishing emails straight into inboxes. Instead of spoofing brands, they are abusing real cloud tools that people already trust. Security researchers say attackers recently hijacked a legitimate email feature inside Google Cloud.  The result was thousands of phishing messages that looked and felt like […]

Data Breach News, News
January 07, 2026
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Cloud file-sharing sites targeted for corporate data theft attacks

BleepingComputer reports: A threat actor known as Zestix has been offering to sell corporate data stolen from dozens of companies likely after breaching their ShareFile, Nextcloud, and OwnCloud instances. According to cybercrime intelligence company Hudson Rock, initial access may have been obtained through credentials collected by info-stealing malware such as RedLine, Lumma, and Vidar deployed on employee devices. […]

Healthcare, Data Breach News
January 07, 2026
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HIPAA Compliance and Breach Communications: Helpful Tips for SMBs

An article by DataBreaches.net in collaboration with North Country Communications, LLC On December 15, North Country Communications launched as a consultancy dedicated to helping small and mid-sized HIPAA-regulated entities comply with HIPAA’s privacy, security, and breach notification requirements. DataBreaches took the opportunity to interview its founder, Rachel Klugman Seeger, about the services she provides to clients through on-site or […]

Vendor News, Data Breach News
January 07, 2026
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Third-Party Data Breaches: What You Need to Know

Sarah Hemmersbach or Mitratech Holdings writes: A third-party data breach occurs when malicious actors compromise a vendor, supplier, contractor, or other organization to gain access to sensitive information or systems of the victim’s customers, clients, or business partners. Third-party data breaches are becoming increasingly common as technology makes it easier for businesses to connect and […]