Russian Medical Data Leaks Explode in July: 88 Million Records Exposed
In July 2026 more than 100 million records containing personal data of Russian citizens appeared in open access. Experts from Perspektivny Monitoring recorded 17 separate leaks originating from commercial organizations, online platforms, government bodies, e-commerce stores and medical institutions.
The medical sector became the main source of the month’s leaks, accounting for 88.37 million records. For comparison, the same sector leaked only 1.7 million records in June and 2.2 million records across March, April and May combined. The sharp rise was caused by just two incidents, one of which involved a large medical information system.
Nikolay Galkin, Head of Cyber Threat Research at Perspektivny Monitoring, noted that medical data has now been leaking for four consecutive months. He added that threat actors are clearly targeting the most confidential categories of information while protection measures in healthcare remain extremely weak.
Other industries also failed to keep their databases secure. The commercial sector lost 11.12 million records, online platforms lost 8.45 million records, government organizations lost 8.36 million records, and internet shops lost an additional 2.1 million records. The government sector reappeared in the statistics after a period of calm; April had seen a record 159 million records leaked from state sources, followed by two months without new public disclosures.
Stolen databases are typically distributed through specialized messenger channels and dark web marketplaces, where the personal information is quickly converted into raw material for fraud operations.
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