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Outages & Breaches: November 2026 in numbers (to date)

22 significant outages (5 critical) and 45 data breaches (5 critical) were logged in November 2026 (to date). The largest breach by records was CSCTelecom (125M). The longest outage with a known duration was Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online / Outlook) (36 hours). The most common outage cause was unknown (6 of 22). 9 of the incidents mainly affected the UK. This month is still in progress, so figures will change as incidents are added.

Outages22▲ 16 vs October
Critical outages5wide impact
Downtime tracked132 hacross 10 outages with a known duration
Breaches45▲ 28 vs October
Critical breaches5sensitive data at scale
Records exposed183Mconfirmed or company-reported
Further claimed76Kattacker claims, unverified

Outage causes

Unknown6
Cyberattack6
Configuration change3
Physical damage2
Software bug2
Capacity1

Named attackers

Qilin1
Insider1
Silent Lynx1
WhiteArmor1
Ransomware gang1
Researcher1

Most significant incidents

All 22 outages

All 45 data breaches

2026 year to date

Incidents YTD189January to November 2026
Outages YTD61significant outages
Breaches YTD128data breaches
Critical YTD70outages and breaches
Records exposed YTD776Mconfirmed or company-reported
MonthOutagesBreachesCriticalRunning total
Jan37510
Feb67523
Mar27532
Apr37442
May48654
Jun27463
Jul57575
Aug37685
Sep59999
Oct61711122
Nov224510189
Total6112870189

Cite this

Nuffield Consulting, “Outages & Breaches: November 2026 in numbers”, The Daily Tech Wire,updated 15 Nov 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/reports/2026-11/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).

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