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Outages & Breaches: June 2026 in numbers
2 significant outages (0 critical) and 7 data breaches (4 critical) were logged in June 2026. The largest breach by records was DentaQuest (2.6M). The longest outage with a known duration was Facebook, Instagram, Messenger (4.3 hours). The most common outage cause was unknown (1 of 2).
Outages2▼ 2 vs May
Critical outages0wide impact
Downtime tracked4 hacross 1 outage with a known duration
Breaches7▼ 1 vs May
Critical breaches4sensitive data at scale
Records exposed2.6Mconfirmed or company-reported
Further claimed2Mattacker claims, unverified
Outage causes
Named attackers
Most significant incidents
- 18 Jun 2026Texas Parks and Wildlife breach exposes millions of IDsTexas Parks & Wildlife · breach · Unknown
- 11 Jun 2026French government messaging app Tchap breachedTchap (French government) · breach · Unknown
- 11 Jun 2026Novo Nordisk hit with $25M extortion over clinical trial dataNovo Nordisk · breach · Hunters International
- 4 Jun 2026DentaQuest breach affects 2.6 millionDentaQuest · breach · Unknown · 2.6M records
- 22 Jun 2026Tata Electronics files stolen and leakedTata Electronics · breach · Hunters International
- 15 Jun 2026ShinyHunters claims 2 million Kodak recordsKodak · breach · ShinyHunters · 2M claimed
- 12 Jun 2026Meta apps go down worldwideFacebook, Instagram, Messenger · outage · Unknown · 4.3 hours
- 9 Jun 2026Delhi data centre fire degrades Google Cloud across IndiaGoogle Cloud (India) · outage · Power / fire
All 2 outages
- 12 Jun 2026Meta apps go down worldwideFacebook, Instagram, Messenger · outage · Unknown · 4.3 hours
- 9 Jun 2026Delhi data centre fire degrades Google Cloud across IndiaGoogle Cloud (India) · outage · Power / fire
All 7 data breaches
- 22 Jun 2026Tata Electronics files stolen and leakedTata Electronics · breach · Hunters International
- 18 Jun 2026Texas Parks and Wildlife breach exposes millions of IDsTexas Parks & Wildlife · breach · Unknown
- 15 Jun 2026ShinyHunters claims 2 million Kodak recordsKodak · breach · ShinyHunters · 2M claimed
- 11 Jun 2026French government messaging app Tchap breachedTchap (French government) · breach · Unknown
- 11 Jun 2026Novo Nordisk hit with $25M extortion over clinical trial dataNovo Nordisk · breach · Hunters International
- 8 Jun 2026Instagram support cases exposed via Meta AI supportMeta AI Support · breach · Unknown · 20K records
- 4 Jun 2026DentaQuest breach affects 2.6 millionDentaQuest · breach · Unknown · 2.6M records
2026 year to date
Incidents YTD63January to June 2026
Outages YTD20significant outages
Breaches YTD43data breaches
Critical YTD29outages and breaches
Records exposed YTD124Mconfirmed or company-reported
| Month | Outages | Breaches | Critical | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Feb | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| Mar | 2 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| Apr | 3 | 7 | 4 | 42 |
| May | 4 | 8 | 6 | 54 |
| Jun | 2 | 7 | 4 | 63 |
| Total | 20 | 43 | 29 | 63 |
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Outages & Breaches: June 2026 in numbers”, The Daily Tech Wire,published June 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/reports/2026-06/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
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