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Government Data Breaches

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.

98B+
Records Exposed
1,900+
Incidents this year
94+
Countries
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Government Data Breaches (19216 indexed)

high · legal · Apr 28, 2023

HWL Ebsworth

65K client and case files stolen in ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 4 months ago
critical · legal · Apr 28, 2023

HWL Ebsworth (Law Firm)

ALPHV/BlackCat stole 4TB from top-tier Australian law firm — client legal data published

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 4 months ago
high · retail · Apr 27, 2023

CityJerks

177,554 records exposed — Bios, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Geographic locations and 6 more

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 4 months ago
high · retail · Apr 24, 2023

MEO

8,227 records exposed — Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers and 3 more

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 5 months ago