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The breach record

Seven breaches this site has read from filings and the public catalogue, newest disclosure first. Each count is the record’s own, with the day it was read.

Disclosed is Conduent’s Form 8-K filing date, and for catalogue entries the date Have I Been Pwned loaded the data.

BreachDisclosedRecordsCounted asPrimary record
June 2026 Stealer Logs56,278,397addressesHave I Been Pwned
Synthient Stealer Log Threat Data182,962,095addressesHave I Been Pwned
Data Troll Stealer Logs109,532,219addressesHave I Been Pwned
Conduent Business Services62,224,658peopleForm 8-K; count from the HHS breach portal
ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs284,132,969addressesHave I Been Pwned
Stealer Logs, Jan 202571,039,833addressesHave I Been Pwned
Stealer Logs Posted to Telegram26,105,473addressesHave I Been Pwned

Sources: SEC EDGAR; HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, read 7 October 2026; Have I Been Pwned public breaches endpoint, read 23 September 2026. Each breach name links to our reporting.

Also in the breach record

Addresses in the public catalogue, by year of breach

Email addresses in the breaches dated to each year, in billions. 2026 runs to 19 September and is drawn in grey.

012342007201020131.7720163.56201920222.902026Billions of addresses
Source: Have I Been Pwned public breaches endpoint, 1,036 breaches, retrieved 19 September 2026 (the dataset).

What leaks

Share of the breaches in the catalogue that exposed each kind of data, by the year the breach is dated.

Data classBefore 2017 (%)2017 onward (%)
Passwords87.455.6
Names27.264.9
Phone numbers15.244.8
Physical addresses15.234.9
Dates of birth26.527.8
Government issued IDs1.92.9

Source: the same 1,036 breaches. Read in The breach record in one spreadsheet.