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Third-party and supply chain breach incidents

Definition

Third-party incidents document breaches at a vendor, processor, software supplier or service provider that exposed the personal data held on behalf of their customers.

Included

  • Breaches at a processor, payroll provider or billing vendor
  • Compromise of widely used software that exposed many organizations' data
  • Breaches at a contractor or partner holding shared personal data
  • Incidents where one breach is reported by several affected organizations

Excluded

  • Breaches inside the organization itself with no outside party involved
Third-party and supply chain incidents over time
Documented incidents per year of occurrence. 2026 to date.
Unit: incidents · Source: Data Incident Index v2026.09 · Counts reflect documented incidents, not prevalence · *2026 to date

Incident records79

Nov 2026State attorneys general secure up to $10 million and corrective action plan from Perry Johnson companies after 2023 breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netag.ny.govNov 2026Student Data Breach Affects Up to 16 Icelandic SchoolsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.neticelandreview.comOct 2026NY AG James and CT AG Tong Secure $2.7 Million from Boston Children’s Health Physicians and XTIUM for 2024 Data BreachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netag.ny.govSep 2026Data breach incident targets prisoner medical records at 2 Mass. jailsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netmasslive.comcorrections1.comSep 2026The U.S. military leaked more than 93,000 tips via insecure P3 Global Intel. Has anyone been notified?ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netSep 2026North Dakota Supreme Court impacted by third-party data breach that has affected dozens of statesReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netvalleynewslive.comreuters.com+1Aug 2026Ascent Skilled Nursing Facilities Assure Breach Victims of “Credible Evidence” Stolen Data Was DeletedReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netbearmountainnhr.commass.govAug 2026Quincy Valley Medical Center notifies patients of Aesto breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netfacebook.comAug 2026Dutch retailer Bol follows De Bijenkorf in warning of data breach as leaked data appears on dark webReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netnltimes.nlrtl.nlAug 2026CareCloud Data Breach Impacts Over 350,000ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netmass.govsecurityweek.comJul 2026Instructure Incident Driving 58 Percent of Breach Notices in 2026ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netgovtech.comidtheftcenter.orgJul 2026The Breach That Won’t End: An Update on Canvas, and how they created an EdTech’s Vendor Trust ProblemReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netlnkd.inJun 2026MOVEit Breach Defendants Lose 2nd Bid to Toss Negligence ClaimsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netbloomberglaw.comnews.bloomberglaw.comJun 2026Power company in Japan fears data breach after losing storage drive containing customer detailsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netasahi.comnews.web.nhk+1May 2026Rhode Island’s workers’ compensation notifies those affected by January data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netrhodeislandcurrent.comMay 2026When Your Vendor’s Breach Becomes Your Lawsuit: Privacy Risk Lessons from Recent Bank LitigationReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netfbtgibbons.comMay 2026Missouri regulators escalate pressure on Conduent over data breach potentially affecting millionsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netdci.mo.govconduent.com+1May 2026Instructure discloses second data breach in less than a yearReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netinstructure.comweb.archive.org+2May 2026Unprecedented: Private Equity Firm Potentially on Hook for PowerSchool’s Data BreachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netwomblebonddickinson.comjdsupra.comApr 2026Judge lets state auditor’s investigation into data breach affecting Blue Cross Blue Shield members move forwardReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netktvh.comApr 2026Iowa AG files lawsuit against Change Healthcare over 2024 data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netiowaattorneygeneral.govbeckershospitalreview.comApr 2026Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at RiskReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netwired.comarchive.is+1Apr 2026FBI calls breach of sensitive agency networks a ‘major incident’ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netmsn.comApr 2026Questions raised after Cherry Creek students notified of data breach, lawsuitReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netkdvr.comJan 2026Investigation into data breach involving Blue Cross Blue Shield members could head to courtReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netktvh.comkxlh.comDec 2025Software company lacked ‘downstream’ liability for data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netarchive.ismasslawyersweekly.comDec 2025Should entities be required to disclose the name of a vendor if the breach was at the vendor’s?ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netmass.govOct 2025Gatineau gymnastics centre warns members of possible data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netmsn.comOct 2025Data breach in 42 Latvian municipalities: DVI imposes 300,000 euro fine on ZZ DatsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netbnn-news.comOct 2025From sizzle to drizzle to fizzle: The massive data leak that wasn’t (1)ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netqantas.comOct 2025Missing Risk Analysis Cost NY CPA Firm $175K-But Not the Big Group Whose Data Was Breached in 2019ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netjdsupra.comhcca-info.orgSep 2025Volvo Group Data Breach Affects Workforce PIIReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netclaimdepot.comAug 2025TransUnion notifying more than 4.4 U.S. million consumers of data breach (1)ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netAug 2025Thousands more Afghans affected by second data breach, ministers sayReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netnews.sky.comJul 2025Credit reports among personal data of 190,000 breached, put for sale on Dark Web; IT vendor finedReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netstraitstimes.comJul 2025Qantas customers involved in mammoth data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netnews.com.auJun 2025Ontario health agency atHome ordered to inform 200,000 patients of March data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netmsn.comJun 2025HealthEC Agrees to $5.48 Million Settlement to End Data Breach LawsuitReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netnetsec.newsMay 2025Update: ALN Medical Management’s Data Breach Total Soars to More than 1.8 Million Patients AffectedReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netoag.my.site.comoag.ca.gov+1May 2025PA: York County alerts residents of potential data breachReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netpennlive.comyorkcountypa.govMay 2025Patients left in the dark almost a year after criminals leaked sensitive medical data from SynnovisReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.nettherecord.mediasynnovis.co.ukMar 2025Four months after learning of a vendor’s breach, Concord Orthopaedics notifies almost 68,000 patients (1)ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netconcordortho.commm.nh.govFeb 2025Bluesight’s 2025 Breach Barometer Report Reveals Surge in Healthcare Data BreachesReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netc212.netFeb 2025Medical Billing Vendor Sued Over Health Data Leak ‘Gold Mine’ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netbloomberglaw.comnews.bloomberglaw.com+1Feb 2025Business Associate breaches account for the largest percentage of breached patient recordsReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netbluesight.comFeb 2025Imprisoned IRS Contractor Leaked Information of Over 400,000 TaxpayersReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netjudiciary.house.govnationalreview.comFeb 2025DISA Global Solutions reports more than 3.3 million people affected by 2024 data breach, but questions remainReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netpublicnow.commaine.gov+1Feb 2025Humboldt Independent Practice Association’s breach notification leaves questions unansweredReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.nethumboldtipa.comJan 2025RIBridges has many lines of defense. How was the system breached?ReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netrhodeislandcurrent.commalwarebytes.com+2Dec 2024More details emerge about RIBridges data breach; Deloitte tells state threat actors have leaked dataReportedThird-party and supply chainDataBreaches.netnecn.commynorthwest.com
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