The Identity Theft Resource Center is a non-profit organization that helps victims of identity theft and tracks publicly disclosed data breaches. Its latest report shows that in the first half of 2026, more than 471 million victim notices were issued for various data breaches. The cybersecurity incident on the education platform Canvas contributed to more than half of these, involving 275 million notifications. According to data from the ITRC report, the total number of leak notices issued throughout 2025 was 297.5 million, surpassing this figure in the first half of this year alone. There were 1803 security incidents in the first half of this year, up from 1,732 in the same period in 2025. If the frequency of incidents in the second half of the year remains the same as in the first half of the year, the total number of incidents in 2026 will exceed 3,321 cases last year.

The Identity Theft Resource Center is a non-profit organization that helps victims of identity theft and tracks publicly disclosed data breaches. Its latest report shows that in the first half of 2026, more than 471 million victim notices were issued for various data breaches. The cybersecurity incident on the education platform Canvas contributed to more than half of these, involving 275 million notifications. According to data from the ITRC report, the total number of leak notices issued throughout 2025 was 297.5 million, surpassing this figure in the first half of this year alone. There were 1803 security incidents in the first half of this year, up from 1,732 in the same period in 2025. If the frequency of incidents in the second half of the year remains the same as in the first half of the year, the total number of incidents in 2026 will exceed 3,321 cases last year.