Last seen August 18, 2026

Data Breaches Hit 471M Victims: 2026 Report Breakdown - tech

The Identity Theft Resource Center reported 471.2 million data breach victims in H1 2026, a 58% increase over 2025, driven by surging malicious insiders and AI-scaled phishing attacks. This escalation is facilitated by exploits like the ShieldBreak Microsoft Defender zero-day (CVE-2026-69414) and supply-chain compromises, exemplified by the Trezor customer data exposure via ShipMonk.

Technical Severity
Low severity
Lifecycle Status

STABLE

Sources

What Happened

The Identity Theft Resource Center reported 471.2 million data breach victims in H1 2026, a 58% increase over 2025, driven by surging malicious insiders and AI-scaled phishing attacks. This escalation is facilitated by exploits like the ShieldBreak Microsoft Defender zero-day (CVE-2026-69414) and supply-chain compromises, exemplified by the Trezor customer data exposure via ShipMonk.

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Recommended Action

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Exposure

My Interests Exposure

Exposure unknown

Recommended Response
Last Seen

Aug 18, 2026 05:30

Exposure reason: This incident does not currently match a technology in My Interests.

Exploitation status: UNKNOWN

Primary entities:

MicrosoftMicrosoft DefenderShipMonkTrezor customer dataData LeakageRemote Code Execution

Authoritative Intelligence

CVE CVE-2026-69414 Incident identifier

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CVE-2026-69414 on GitHub

CVE-2026-69414: 2 public repository references found.

1neptune/ShieldBreak

Public GitHub reference

Windows Defender 0day vulnerability CVE-2026-69414 ShieldBreak

1 stars

Open repository
HORKimhab/CVE-2026-50656

Public GitHub reference

CVE-2026-50656, CVE-2026-69414

0 stars · C++

Open repository

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Timeline

  • Incident first seen
    Aug 18, 2026 05:30

    BugSkan first recorded this incident.

  • Data Breaches Hit 471M Victims: 2026 Report Breakdown - tech-insider.org
    Aug 18, 2026 05:30

    tech-insider.org · Data Leak

Sources

Data Breaches Hit 471M Victims: 2026 Report Breakdown - tech-insider.org

tech-insider.org · Aug 18, 2026 05:30

The Identity Theft Resource Center reported 471.2 million data breach victims in H1 2026, a 58% increase over 2025, driven by surging malicious insiders and AI-scaled phishing attacks. This escalation is facilitated by exploits like the ShieldBreak Microsoft Defender zero-day (CVE-2026-69414) and supply-chain compromises, exemplified by the Trezor customer data exposure via ShipMonk.

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