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EFF presents: The Breachies 2025- The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year

Erkan Saka · 2025-12-22 13:48 · 0 claps · 1.4 min read
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I created a table from their page, but here is the source! Award Name Recipient Breach Details Date Say Something Without Saying Anything Mixpanel Analytics SDK used by apps like Ring and PornHub; breached user data from many apps (exact scope unclear); OpenAI dropped them. eff​ November 2025 We Still Told You So Discord Age verification data via Zendesk (third-party support): names, selfies, IDs, emails, addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, billing info; 200M+ users affected. eff​ September 2025 Tea for Two Tea Dating Advice and TeaOnHer Tea: 72K images (IDs/selfies), 1.1M private messages (phones, abortion/cheating discussions). TeaOnHer: emails, usernames, IDs/selfies publicly exposed. eff​ July-August 2025 Just Stop Using Tracking Tech Blue Shield of California Misconfigured Google Analytics shared 4.7M health records (names, plans, providers, finances) for ~3 years, possibly for ads. eff​ April 2025 (disclosed) Hacker’s Hall Pass PowerSchool 60M+ students/teachers’ data (SSNs, medical records, grades); weak support portal security; lawsuits filed. eff​ December 2024 Worst. Customer. Service. Ever. TransUnion 4.4M customers’ names, DOBs, SSNs via third-party support app. eff​ August 2025 Annual Microsoft Screwed Up Again Microsoft SharePoint zero-day exploited by Chinese groups; 400+ orgs (incl. nuclear agency); thousands of vulnerable servers lingered. eff​ July 2025 I Didn’t Even Know You Had My Information Gravy Analytics Millions’ location history (coords tied to ad IDs) from 1B phones/day via apps; sold to brokers/govt; revealed military/gay users in risky areas. eff​ January 2025 Keeping Up With My Cybertruck Teslamate 1,300+ self-hosted dashboards exposed Tesla locations, speeds, charging, trips. eff​ August 2025 Disorder in the Courts PACER Federal court system (CM/ECF) hacked; possible exposure of confidential informants; outdated/unsustainable tech. eff​ August 2025 Only Stalkers Allowed Catwatchful Stalkerware data: 26K victims’ photos, messages, locations + customer emails/passwords. eff​ July 2025 Why We’re Still Stuck on Unique Passwords Plex Emails, usernames, hashed passwords (repeat from 2022 affecting 15M users). eff​ 2025 (recent) Uh, Yes, Actually, I Have Been Pwned Troy Hunt’s Mailing List Phishing via Mailchimp stole blog mailing list credentials. eff​ 2025 Silver Globe Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac User gender, names, emails, DOB, location (lat/long). eff​ March 2025 (confirmed) https://erkansaka.net/2025/12/22/worst-data-breaches-2025-eff-award/


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