Ernst & Young (EY)
Third-party IT service breach exposed client tax data (March 28 - April 12, 2026)
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.
Third-party IT service breach exposed client tax data (March 28 - April 12, 2026)
Ransomware attack crippled county servers, week-long restoration
Single hacker exploited Claude Code and OpenAI platforms to breach 9 Mexican government agencies
Ransomware attack disabled county systems for over a week; $250K restoration
75,000 firewalls compromised exposing global enterprises
24 billion exposed records including usernames, passwords, URLs from infostealer malware
Employee unlawfully accessed customer data over two years
Alleged data breach affecting customer data
ShinyHunters breach claimed 275 million records from 8,809 schools, exposing student and staff data
1,525 individuals affected; SSNs and medical records exposed
Attackers claim to have stolen court documents, flight data, and banking details posted on hacker forums.
19 million records exposed in cyberattack on France's national identity agency
China-linked malware on USB drives used on classified networks, undetected for nearly a year
Cyberattack exposed 19 million records from French national identity agency
19 million records exposed in cyberattack on French national ID agency
Security incident exposed patient data in ransomware attack
Unnamed U.S. department breached through Cisco vulnerability; FIRESTARTER backdoor allowed access through March 2026
Ransomware attack exposed 672,000-788,000 records; names, addresses, card numbers stolen
Cyberattack on France's national identity agency exposed 19 million records
Mapping service exposed 1 million Social Security numbers
OAuth supply chain compromise exposing environment variables through trusted third-party apps
Insider incident data breach with limited impact
US agency breached through Cisco vulnerability, FIRESTARTER backdoor allowed access through March
73,932 FortiGate firewall systems exposed with valid administrative and VPN credentials