Data report
The State of Data Breaches — September 2026
In September 2026, RecentBreaches tracked 444 data breaches exposing 417K records.
444
Breaches tracked
▼ 1K (-77%) vs Aug
417K
Records exposed
▼ 1.5M (-78%) vs Aug
413
Critical / high severity
372
Ransomware-linked
84% of breaches
Breaches by sector
| Sector | Breaches |
|---|---|
| Other | 360 |
| Professional Services | 14 |
| Not Found | 14 |
| Manufacturing | 13 |
| Healthcare | 11 |
| Technology | 6 |
Biggest breaches this month
| Organization | Records exposed |
|---|---|
| Commission de la construction du Québec | 350K |
| Issaqueena Pediatric Dentristry | 55K |
| LHC Group, Inc. | 7K |
| Catalyst Brands LLC | 2K |
| Brown | 1K |
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Methodology: figures are aggregated from breaches tracked in the RecentBreaches database, grouped by incident month. Free to cite with attribution to RecentBreaches.
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