General Electric Data Breach History

This page tracks the General Electric data breach history and cybersecurity incidents affecting General Electric (United States). BreachHistory currently indexes 4 publicly disclosed or catalogued incidents spanning 2006 through 2026, with approximately 150 thousand records reported as exposed across all indexed events. These totals may include overlapping datasets or third-party estimates and should not be interpreted as unique affected users.

The General Electric breach timeline includes major data breaches, cyber attacks, data leaks, credential exposures, API abuse, and other security incidents. Each incident provides details on the estimated records exposed, attack method, affected data types, and supporting public sources. Currently, 0 incidents are company-confirmed, while 1 remain unverified claims pending independent verification.

Largest General Electric Data Breaches

The largest indexed incidents include the 2008 — General Electric: Personal information on customers of J, 150K records, the 2006 — General Electric: GE Money Bank issues private label credit cards for…, and the 2007 — General Electric: A GE service technician's laptop was stolen, 80 records. Record counts originating from threat actors or leak sites should be treated as estimates unless confirmed by General Electric or a regulator. Below is the list of large data breaches:

• 2008 2008 — General Electric: Personal information on customers of J, 150K records — about 150.0K records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2006 2006 — General Electric: GE Money Bank issues private label credit cards for… — about 150 records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2007 2007 — General Electric: A GE service technician's laptop was stolen, 80 records — about 80 records exposed · Catalogued incident

What Information Was Exposed?

Depending on the incident, exposed data may include email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, names, profile information, account identifiers, and other personal information (PII). The exact data varies between incidents, so review each breach page before assuming your information was affected.

General Electric Data Breach 2026

At the time of this update, BreachHistory catalogues 1 2026 incident related to General Electric. Most recent entry: 2026 General Electric — investigating Clop Windchill/FlexPLM data-theft claims. New incidents are added as official disclosures, regulatory filings, or credible cybersecurity reports become available.

What To Do If You Were Affected

If you believe your account may have been involved in a General Electric data breach, change any reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), monitor your account for suspicious activity, and be cautious of phishing emails or fake breach notifications.

This General Electric breach history is maintained by BreachHistory using public disclosures, regulatory filings, security research, and clearly labelled third-party claims. For the complete breach timeline, records exposed, incident details, and AI Breach Risk Score, explore the sections on this page.